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
(88%)
348 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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
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
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
When AMD launched the Ryzen 7 processors last month to a substantial amount of fanfare and pent up excitement, we already knew that the Ryzen 5 launch would be following close behind. While the Ryzen 7 lineup was meant to compete with the Intel Core i7 Ka...
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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...
