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CPU
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Processor

CPU cores
6*
CPU threads
12*
Maximum boost clock
4 GHz*
Thermal design power
95 W*

Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 4.3.0 / Windows / CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor 96.88 samples/min 8 complete runs · Middle 50%: 94.70 - 97.04 · 6 core / 12 thread · Latest: 2024-12-28

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Graphics & compute benchmarks

Archived cohort medians

GFXBench, GLBenchmark and CompuBench results retain the tested system, API, operating system and resolution. Offscreen tests fix the render resolution; onscreen results also reflect the display workload. These historical submissions do not establish performance in current games.

Bitcoin MiningWindows / OpenCL / compute · mHash/s

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

9.43* mHash/s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

Face DetectionWindows / OpenCL / compute · mPixels/s

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

21.54* mPixels/s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

Ocean Surface SimulationWindows / OpenCL / compute · fps

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

45.93* fps

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

Particle Simulation - 64kWindows / OpenCL / compute · mInteraction/s

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

78.25* mInteraction/s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

TV-L1 Optical FlowWindows / OpenCL / compute · mPixels/s

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

1.39* mPixels/s

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

Video CompositionWindows / OpenCL / compute · fps

Higher is better.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

2.54* fps

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

Host configuration not reported.

Median results, not the best run. Sample counts and individual test dates are unreported. Different systems using the same GPU remain separate configurations.

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

21.69 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

25.90 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

96.88 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
94.704669838353
75th percentile
97.044409297254
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

112.09 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
110.93205987334
75th percentile
115.8364852596
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

30.77 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

34.05 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

43.97 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

52.51 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

20.00 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

92.82 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
80.91535095772
75th percentile
101.71306121141
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

26.57 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

46.24 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

23.24 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

99.39 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
99.257957837288
75th percentile
102.00659865469
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

31.20 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

46.03 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

23.39 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

100.91 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
96.229386217148
75th percentile
106.35691060876
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

28.42 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

49.10 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

24.38 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

104.24 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
101.35950042998
75th percentile
109.2720874245
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

31.59 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

48.88 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

25.38 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

113.81 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
109.81489999343
75th percentile
114.45599773962
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

32.30 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

56.46 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

24.57 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

107.89 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
105.26887364988
75th percentile
109.77504155038
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

30.23 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

53.09 samples/min

12 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
6
CPU threads
12
CPU sockets
1

Processing & platform

CPU cores
6*
CPU threads
12*
Base clock
3.6 GHz*
L1 cache
576 KB*
Maximum boost clock
4 GHz*
L3 cache
16 MB*
L2 cache
3 MB*
Socket / package
AM4*
Process node
14 nm*

Memory & storage

Memory channels
2*

Supported memory

  • DDR4*

Power specifications

Thermal design power
95 W*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 29 fields
Name
AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X*
L3 Cache
16* MB
Default TDP
95* W
L1 Cache
576* KB
Processor Technology for CPU Cores
14* nm
Unlocked for Overclocking
Yes*
CPU Socket
AM4*
Thermal Solution (PIB)
Not Included*
Thermal Solution (MPK)
AMD Wraith Max*
Family
Ryzen*
Max. Operating Temperature (Tjmax)
95* °C
Launch Date
4/11/2017*
*OS Support
Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition , RHEL x86 64-Bit , Ubuntu x86 64-Bit*
PCI Express® Version
PCIe® 3.0 x16*
System Memory Type
DDR4*
Memory Channels
2*
System Memory Specification
Up to 2667 MT/s*
Graphics Model
Discrete Graphics Card Required*
Series
Ryzen 1000 Series*
Product ID Boxed
YD160XBCAEWOF*
Product ID Tray
YD160XBCM6IAE*
Product ID MPK
YD160XBCAEMPK*
Supported Technologies
AMD SenseMI Technology , AMD Zen Core Architecture , AMD Ryzen™ Master Utility , Virtualization , Enmotus FuzeDrive™ for AMD Ryzen™ , AES , AVX2 , FMA3 , XFR (Extended Frequency Range)*
Form Factor
Desktops, Boxed Processor*
# of CPU Cores
6*
# of Threads
12*
Max. Boost Clock
4.0* GHz
Scope and conditions
source_native_row_context
Qualification
Up to*
Original declaration
Up to 4 GHz*
Base Clock
3.6* GHz
L2 Cache
3* MB

* Provisional data