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AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 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.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 106.74

Overall Rank:
1200th fastest in multithreading out of 5124 CPUs
1533rd fastest in single threading out of 5124 CPUs
393rd fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $115.00 USD (2025-05-12)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
12275
Single Thread Rating
2066

Samples: 8329*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 12,200
Thread: 1,825

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Integer Math41,500 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math21,412 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting20,255 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption11,692 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression172,130 KBytes/Sec
Physics643 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions6,666 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,066 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$115.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2630487 - May 17 2025
10254
BL2629975 - May 16 2025 [Overclocked]
13812
BL2629740 - May 16 2025
13310
BL2629648 - May 16 2025
12829
BL2629196 - May 16 2025
13403
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600
As of 21st of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12,275
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,038 (+6.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,894 (+13.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,168 (+7.3%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
11,433 (-6.9%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12,137 (-1.1%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12,048 (-1.9%)
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,538 (-22.3%)
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,399 (-23.4%)
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,224 (-24.9%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
10,645 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,457 (-23.0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,385 (-23.5%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,502
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,331
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
9,685
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,446
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,422
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
1,656