AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

930

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +121%

2059

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6409

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +495%

38165

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +195%

3068

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +396%

21409

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

988

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +125%

2232

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

5881

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +312%

24244

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

2197

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +95%

4286

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

13019

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +383%

62987

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Aug 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

AM4

Socket

AM5

95 W

Power Consumption

170 W

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Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.5 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

45x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

73.4 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

28

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