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.
April 2017
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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: 2017-12-05, Author: Richard , review by: eurogamer.net
There are now two great gaming CPU lines available for the core gamer. The overwhelming weight of the data points to Ryzen 5 as the best buy in this market segment, specifically the non-X 1600 model. It's especially compelling against the only two locked...
Published: 2017-08-09, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
AMD Ryzen 5 vs. Intel Core i5 in games: the conclusionWhich CPU is the best choice for gaming?By Tomas Hochstenbach Wednesday 9 August 2017 07:13IntroductionEver since the launch of Ryzen the gaming performance of AMD's new processors has...
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Published: 2017-08-07, Author: Richard , review by: eurogamer.net
There are now two great gaming CPU lines available for the core gamer. The overwhelming weight of the data points to Ryzen 5 as the best buy in this market segment, specifically the non-X 1600 model. It's especially compelling against the only two locked...
Published: 2017-05-07, Author: Dave , review by: pcgamesn.com
Put simply the Ryzen 5 1600X is a far more significant processor than any of the octa-core Ryzen 7 CPUs, and for us gamers arguably the most significant chip AMD have ever made.This is where AMD have got a far more balanced competitor for Intel's chips, m...
Published: 2017-05-03, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Abstract: Stock speeds for CPU + 2933MHz @1.4V DRAM @15-15-15-36Overclocked to 4GHz @ 1.425V (1.1V SOC) + 2933MHz @1.4V DRAM @15-15-15-36Can the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X defeat the Intel i5 7600K? I think so. This budget 6 core CPU is a real game changer for those low bud...
Although a little more expensive than the i5-7600K, it's easy to see that the Ryzen 5 1600X is better value for demanding tasks such as 3D- and video rendering, video editing and compressing and decompressing files. The Intel chip still has an advantage f...
The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X isn't a just an affordable chip for gamers and media creators, it an incredible package that puts multi-core computing on the mainstream map...
Published: 2017-04-12, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Superb multi-threaded computational performance that obliterates the Core i5-7600K, Multi-threaded performance makes the i7-7700K and i7-6800K look like poor value for money, Plenty of spare computational capacity for game streamers, Power consumption num
Gaming performance is not as strong as Intel's competition, which is disappointing for this market segment, Kaby Lake competition has significantly better single-threaded performance, Maximum frequency achievable is limited, especially compared to Intel's
With Ryzen 5, AMD builds upon the foundations set by the flagship 8C16T Ryzen 7 processors, and that's generally a good thing.Performance in multi-threaded workloads is in a different league to Intel's price-comparable competitor processors. Ryzen 5 happi...
