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.

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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: 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 Math	44,465 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,974 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,726 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,537 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,622 KBytes/Sec
Physics	662 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,125 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,195 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.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$110.00 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)

	Corsair Vengeance a5100 Gaming PC – Liquid Cooled AMD Ryzen™ 7 9800X3D, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 GPU, 64GB Dominator Titanium RGB DDR5 Memory, 2+2TB M.2 SSD – Black/Silver	$6499.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Skytech O11 Vision Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz (5GHz Turbo Boost), NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7, 1TB Gen4 SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000 RGB, 850W Gold PSU, 360mm ARGB AIO, Wi-Fi, Win 11	$2299.99 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Processor, AMD Radeon RX 5500, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Windows 11 Home (TG01-2130, Shadow Black)	$671.12 (www.amazon.com)
	KAMRUI AM08PRO Mini Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS(up to 4.75GHz), 32GB DDR5 1TB NVme/SATA SSD Mini Desktop Computers, 3 Mode Desktop PC Tower PC 4K Triple Display WiFi 6 HDMI+Type-C	$459.00 (www.amazon.com)
	KAMRUI AM08PRO Mini Gaming PC,AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS(up to 4.75GHz),32GB DDR5 512GB NVme/SATA SSD Mini Desktop Computers,3 Mode Desktop PC Tower Computer 4K Triple Display WiFi 6 HDMI+Type-C	$319.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,652
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,297
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,032

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.09
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.36
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		118.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.22
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		2,195

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

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