AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2400G. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 1000 AMD Ryzen 2000G
• Family
  Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  1 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 1000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html -
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 11
• Generation
  - 8
• GPU Frequency
  - 1250 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2018
• Shader
  - 704
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2400G and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2933
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2667 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  95 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 46 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Summit Ridge (Zen) Raven Ridge (Zen)
• Codename
  Summit Ridge -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.5625 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 4 MB
• 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 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2017-04-11 Q1/2018
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  14nm 14 nm
• 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 AMD-V, SVM