AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Price

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$ 97.99

$ 12.00 slightly less expensive

$ 109.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

35% slightly better overall score

3189 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

20% slightly better gaming score

4881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

2673 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

2565 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points

3483 points

0.40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

67.91 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3218 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1031 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3230 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1037 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

512th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2018 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 5 2400G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Ryzen 5 2400G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2400G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2400G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2400G. Both the Ryzen 5 1600X and Ryzen 5 2400G have the same clock speed. The Ryzen 5 2400G 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2400G. 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.