AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 46.61

Overall Rank:
1430th fastest in multithreading out of 5122 CPUs
1452nd fastest in single threading out of 5122 CPUs
451st fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $195.00 USD (2025-05-12)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

9088

Single Thread Rating

2109

Samples: 958*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,978
Thread: 1,880

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Integer Math	28,575 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	14,820 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,002 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	8,207 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	117,178 KBytes/Sec
Physics	553 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	4,614 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,109 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$195.00 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 11 Home, GA15DK-DH776	$1770.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Mantis V2 Gaming Desktop PC (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor, 192GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe 990 Pro Gen4 SSD, 3TB HDD, WiFi 6E, Windows 11 Pro) Prebuilt RGB Gamer Desktop Computer	$7199.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15 Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 10 Home, GA15DK-DS776	$1199.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, GA15DK-DS776,Black	$2699.00 (www.amazon.com)
	iBUYPOWER Scale Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 4500, AMD Radeon RX 6400 4GB, 16GB DDR4 RGB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD_SCA5R6401	$799.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,701
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,138
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,862
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,476
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,088

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		166.89
Intel Core i9-13900K		149.37
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.21
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		46.61
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		2,109

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2623876 - May 14 2025		9273
BL2623319 - May 14 2025		9257
BL2621135 - May 13 2025 [Overclocked]		9140
BL2617764 - May 11 2025		9030
BL2617318 - May 11 2025		8556

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
As of 19th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,088
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,628 (+5.9%)
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		10,147 (+11.6%)
Intel Core i5-8600T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,271 (+2.0%)
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,224 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,753 (-14.7%)
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		10,360 (+14.0%)
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,827 (+8.1%)
Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		8,644 (-4.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,736 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i7-7700T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,570 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		6,807 (-25.1%)
Intel Core i5-9600T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,643 (+6.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,504
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,325
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,847
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,511
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,284
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,810
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,682
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,527
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,417
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		1,154

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