CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

6C / 12T

3.2 - 3.6 GHz

TDP: 65W

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

6C / 12T

3.6 - 4.2 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600898

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X1,094

Difference: 21.8% (AMD faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16006,225

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X7,523

Difference: 20.9% (AMD faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16002,501

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X3,048

Difference: 21.9% (AMD faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16001,144

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X1,164

Difference: 1.7% (AMD faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16005,129

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X5,236

Difference: 2.1% (AMD faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600924

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X1,048

Difference: 13.4% (AMD faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16005,065

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X5,787

Difference: 14.3% (AMD faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 16002,060

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X2,370

Difference: 15.0% (AMD faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 160012,279

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X13,981

Difference: 13.9% (AMD faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.2 GHz

Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.2 GHz

65 W

TDP

95 W

AM4

Socket

AM4

Zen

Architecture

Zen+

14nm

Manufacturing

12nm

2017

Release Year

2018

16MB shared

L3 Cache

16MB shared

DDR4-2666

Memory Support

DDR4-2933

64GB

Max Memory

64GB

PCIe Version

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