AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 58.40
$ 137.59 significantly less expensive
$ 195.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points
4528 points
0.71% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
6% slightly better gaming score
5692 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
4151 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
4054 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points
4254 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
131.79 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
5551 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
1070 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
5573 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
1100 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
768 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
386th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 7 1700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 1700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 1700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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