AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 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 1600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 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 1600X Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 66.58

Overall Rank:
1515th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1731st fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
456th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $195.00 USD (2026-08-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

12983

Single Thread Rating

2189

Samples: 3481*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,048
Thread: 1,967

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Integer Math	44,294 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,891 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,618 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,462 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,130 KBytes/Sec
Physics	657 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,118 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,189 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,570
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,983

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		173.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		66.58
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		2,189

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3761709 - Oct 06 2026		13088
BL3758516 - Oct 04 2026		12312
BL3756293 - Oct 03 2026		13401
BL3744843 - Sep 28 2026		13136
BL3742054 - Sep 26 2026		13069

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,983
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,242 (-5.7%)
Intel Core i7-8700T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		10,214 (-21.3%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,084 (+8.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,924 (+22.7%)
Intel Core i5-10600KF @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,108 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,555 (+4.4%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,734 (-1.9%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,090 (-6.9%)
Intel Core i7-9700KF @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,244 (+9.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,268 (+25.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,581 (+20.0%)
Intel Core i5-12400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,561 (+19.9%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,689
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,504
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,054
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		1,718

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