Ryzen 5 1500X vs Ryzen 9 5950X - How Many FPS Canada

Prices and Stock
MSRP $189

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD150XBBAEBOX)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $799

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 1304 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 1500X

Up to 18% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - CA$407.89 vs CA$499.00
Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

Performs up to 32% better in Far Cry 3 than Ryzen 5 1500X - 175 vs 133 FPS
Up to 7% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Ryzen 5 1500X - CA$2.85 vs CA$3.07 per FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 32 vs 8 threads

This is a free version of Far Cry 3.

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

FPS

133

76%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$3.07/FPS

93%

Price, CA$

CA$407.89

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD150XBBAEBOX)

Buy for CA$407.89 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 144 minutes ago

Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

FPS

175

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.85/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$499

81%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler

Buy for CA$499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 143 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

122

FPS

148

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

134

FPS

299

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

202

FPS

222

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

1920 x 1080

High

744

FPS

872

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

174

FPS

212

FPS

World of Warcraft

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

Single-Core

1104

50%

Multi-Core

3644

30%

Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Ryzen 5 1500X	vs	Ryzen 9 5950X
Apr 11th, 2017	Release Date	Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5	Collection	Ryzen 9
Summit Ridge	Codename	Vermeer
AMD Socket AM4	Socket	AMD Socket AM4
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4	Cores	16
8	Threads	32
3.5 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz
65 W	TDP	105 W
14 nm	Process Size	7 nm
35.0x	Multiplier	34.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	None
Yes	Overclockable	Yes