AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
78% significantly better overall score
2416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
39% slightly better gaming score
4204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
98% significantly better multitasking score
1922 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
99% significantly better heavy workload score
1847 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
60% significantly higher Blender score
65.05 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4030 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
1206 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4117 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1241 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
125% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
641st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5-8259U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-8259U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8259U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8259U. The Ryzen 5 1600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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