AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD FX-9800P

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 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

464% significantly better overall score

763 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

309% significantly better gaming score

1432 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

555% significantly better multitasking score

581 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

560% significantly better heavy workload score

559 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

492% significantly higher Blender score

17.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

342% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1113 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

514 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

324% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1121 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

495 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

1,014th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs FX-9800P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the FX-9800P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9800P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the FX-9800P. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-9800P. It also has more threads than the FX-9800P. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9800P. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has more L2 cache than the FX-9800P

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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.