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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.
  • 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 1600X Good for Gaming?

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

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: 118.47

Overall Rank:
1177th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
1355th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
379th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $110.00 USD (2025-06-17)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13032
Single Thread Rating
2195

Samples: 3181*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Integer Math44,465 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,974 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,726 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,537 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression181,622 KBytes/Sec
Physics662 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,125 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,195 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$110.00 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 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2701853 - Jun 17 2025
13087
BL2699812 - Jun 16 2025
12695
BL2683830 - Jun 09 2025
12038
BL2679824 - Jun 07 2025
12949
BL2677973 - Jun 06 2025
12867
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,032
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,271 (-5.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,894 (+6.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,165 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
11,433 (-12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
15,990 (+22.7%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,125 (-7.0%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,031 (-7.7%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
10,639 (-18.4%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,579 (+4.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,164 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,763 (-2.1%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,182 (-6.5%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,448
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,149
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,300
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,841
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,484
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,517
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
1,727