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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Celeron G5905. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2017-04-11
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
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Q3/2020
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Intel Celeron G5905
Intel Celeron G5905

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Celeron G5905? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in 2017-04-11.

Intel Celeron G5905 has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 58 W. Released in Q3/2020.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    181 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    6 left arrow 2

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
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    269 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    58 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron G5905 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    294 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    311 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    401 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    431 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    436 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    736 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    505 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    820 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1268 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 1000 left arrow Intel Celeron G5000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Celeron
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 9
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Celeron G5900
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 1000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

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 left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 2
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.7 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    3.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
IGPU

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 left arrow Intel HD Graphics 610
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 12
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9.5
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1050 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2016
  • Shader
    - left arrow 96
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron G5905 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 x16 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    2667 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Celeron G5905 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 left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow 58 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Celeron G5905, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Summit Ridge (Zen) left arrow Comet Lake S
  • Codename
    Summit Ridge left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L1-Cache
    0.5625 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    YD160XBCAEWOF left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    YD160XBCAEMPK left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    YD160XBCM6IAE left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2017-04-11 left arrow Q3/2020
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Technology
    14nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Thermal Solution (MPK)
    AMD Wraith Max left arrow -
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    Not Included left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Celeron G5905.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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.

942.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
848.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

6470.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
1646.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

389.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
326.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

2764.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
615.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

151.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
147.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

1126.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
287.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

950.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
907.000000
Intel Celeron G5905
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.

5220.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
1671.000000
Intel Celeron G5905

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