Testseek.com have collected 348 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4.
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Exceptional value compared to their Intel Core i5 counterparts. Ryzen holds a clear lead in productivity performance
Though gaming performance is more evenly matched between Intel and AMD
Excellent Price
Great Performance
Quality Design
AMD is Really Back
Very Competitive Pricing (Both CPU and Board)
Very Good Multi-tasking Performance (CPU)
14nm Process Allows For Cool and Efficient Operation (CPU)
Platform Cost Low Compared To Intel's Offerings
6 Core
12 Threads In The Price Bracket of Non-Threaded
Remarkable multithreaded performance
More core and threads than the competition
1600X on par with a stock i5 7600K in gaming
The full-featured AM4 platform
Excellent value for money
Strength in heavily threaded workloads
Superior pricetoperformance ratio for budget workstations
Unlocked ratio multiplier
Six cores and 12 threads for about the same price as Intel's four-thread Core i5 chips
Consistently tops pricier Core i7-7700K on tests that take advantage of all available cores
Great price for a six-core
12-thread chip
Beats even the pricier Core i7-7700K when using all cores on some tests
Strong Overall Performance
Up To 6-Cores / 12-Threads
Power Friendly
Aggressive Pricing
Convincingly beats the Core i5-7600K "Kaby Lake"
Trades blows with costlier i7-7700K in some tests
Features SMT/HTT (which competing Intel Core i5 quad-core chips lack)
Single-threaded performance improved over previous generation
Unlocked multiplier
Performance
Overclocking
Power consumption
Value
Comes With SMT Which Core i5 CPUs Lack
Outstanding Performance
Fully Unlocked
Can Easily Be OC'd to 4Ghz+
Perfect For Multi-Tasking
Future-Proof Platform
Great Price/Performance Value
Runs Very Cool
The editors didn't like
Power efficiency goes right out the window once you start overclocking
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Gaming Performance Not On Par With Competition
Limited Overclocking Potential on Ryzen Processors
AM4 Motherboards Not Compatible With High Speed DDR4 DIMMs (yet)
Not many applications optimized for Ryzen Processors
No integrated graphics across all R
Questions remain over gaming performance
Some early adopter quirks linger
Overclocking not as strong as Kaby Lake
High price relative to Core i57600K
Lower overclocking headroom
1080p gaming and single-core performance still lag behind comparable "Kaby Lake" chips
No stock cooler included in box
Lags behind the equivalent Intel chips for 1080p gaming
No stock cooler included
Performance Anomalies In A Few Benchmarks
Lack-Luster Overclocking In Early Stages
Gaming frame rates lower than competing Intel chips
High power draw
Memory frequency options and memory compatibility limited
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Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
We have already shown in previous reviews that the Zen microarchitecture from AMD is around the equivalent of Intel's Broadwell microarchitecture, but at this lower price point we have AMD's Zen against Intel's Kaby Lake, which is two generations newer th...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Jeff , review by: Techreport.com
—for now Let's sum up the performance of our group of test CPUs using one of our famous value scatter plots. The best values in gaming smoothness from this group of chips will tend toward the upper left of the plot, where prices are lowest and performance...
The AMD Ryzen 5 processor launch is very similar feel to the Ryzen 7 launch as the multi-threaded performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and 1500X were most impressive. Single threaded workloads or very lightly threaded workloads still run better on Intel h...
Well, the performance is pleasantly surprising. The 1500X, in most cases, performed on par with the i7-7700K. Even though you can overclock the i7 further, the MSRP of the Ryzen 5 1500X is only $189. That's a monstrous difference in price/performance. E...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: Since the launch of the FX8 series of processors AMD have fallen into the sector of the market that is best described by the old "good value for money" adage, which is usually a pejorative way of saying that the performance wasn't all that but they're che...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
Strength in heavily threaded workloads, Superior pricetoperformance ratio for budget workstations, Unlocked ratio multiplier
High price relative to Core i57600K, Lower overclocking headroom
The Ryzen 5 1600X provides a tremendous price-to-performance ratio for budget workstations that rivals Intel's Broadwell-E offerings. Ryzen 5 also provides playable performance in most games, but it lags the Intel competition and doesn't have as much...
Abstract: Last month we took the shrink wrap off the eight-core Ryzen 7 CPUs, and now it's the six-core Ryzen 5 1600X's turn to upend the sub $300 processor market.The Ryzen 5 1600X is based on the same Summit Ridge architecture in the Ryzen 7, and in an unpreceden...
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Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Overall Performance, Up To 6-Cores / 12-Threads, Power Friendly, Aggressive Pricing
Performance Anomalies In A Few Benchmarks, Lack-Luster Overclocking In Early Stages
With that said, though lower-resolution game performance with non-optimized titles remains an issue for Ryzen, that situation is improving. A recent patch for Ashes of the Singularity doesn't put Ryzen on the same level as Intel's high-end processors, but...
After Ryzen 7 the tide has now turned to Ryzen 5, and it has been an interesting time for AMD. The processor launch has been good, but not great. The Ryzen platform is still a little immature. This mainly focuses on memory compatibility and somewhat lower...
