AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - CPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

Specifications checked against the linked manufacturer source on 2026-10-01. Manufacturer fields have been refreshed; other historical fields have not all been reverified.

Official specifications

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 1000
Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Desktops / Boxed Processor
Generation
1
Name
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Series
Ryzen 1000 Series
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Max. Boost Clock
4 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
3.7 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
3.5 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None
Graphics verification source
https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
No
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
Yes
Max. Memory
—
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4
PCIe
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
3.0
System Memory Specification
2667

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Default TDP
95 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
95 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
95 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Summit Ridge (Zen)
Codename
Summit Ridge
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L1-Cache
0.5625 MB
L2-Cache
3 MB
L3-Cache
16 MB
Manufacturer OS Support
Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
YD160XBCAEWOF
Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
YD160XBCAEMPK
Manufacturer product ID (tray)
YD160XBCM6IAE
Official source
https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
Part Number
—
Release date
2017-04-11
Socket
AM4
Technology
14nm
Thermal Solution (MPK)
AMD Wraith Max
Thermal Solution (PIB)
Not Included
Verification scope
Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
Verified on
2026-10-01
Virtualization
AMD-V, SVM

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

277 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

207 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

307 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

200 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

395 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

270 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

461 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

339 place
Monero Hashrate kH/s

83 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

81 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

168 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

161 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

156 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

137 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

282 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

942

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

954

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

954

AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

6470

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6614

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

6569

Intel Core i7-4930K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

389

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

390

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

390

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2764

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

2829

Intel Core i5-10500T

2809

Intel Core i7-7800X

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

151

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

152

Intel Core i5-4690

152

Intel Core i5-4690K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

1126

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1129

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

1129

AMD Ryzen 5 3500

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

950

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

953

Intel Xeon W-2123

952

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

5220

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

5266

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

5246

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3

All the benchmark results

Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

3.75 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1600

4 kH/s

Intel Core i5-10500

All the benchmark results

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

323.8 s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

315.5 s

Intel Core i5-9600KF

318.4 s

Intel Core i5-9600K

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4029

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4039

Intel Core i5-8305G

4039

Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

21366

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

21566

Intel Xeon Silver 4110

21436

Intel Core i5-9500

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.86

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1.86

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1.86

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

12.45

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

12.93

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

12.9

Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

13207

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

13295

Intel Core i7-9700T

13293

AMD Epyc 7281

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15