AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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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$ 97.99
$ 242.00 significantly less expensive
$ 339.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
6549 points
52% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
7888 points
34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
6111 points
60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
5988 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points
6209 points
78% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
185.59 points
77% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
9081 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
1720 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
8236 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1703 points
49% significantly 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

3.6 GHz
3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

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
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
218th 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
2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 7 3800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Ryzen 5 1600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. A Ryzen 5 1600X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 3800X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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