AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 12 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Apr 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Zen

AM4

Socket

AM4

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

AM4

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

24

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