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Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 5900X

3.7 GHz | 12-core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 5900X 12x 3.7 GHz Prozessor, 32 GB DDR4, MSI B550-A Pro Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 499 on Amazon

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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 5900X

3.7 GHz | 12-core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 5900X 12x 3.7 GHz Prozessor, 32 GB DDR4, MSI B550-A Pro Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1304 days newer than Ryzen 5 1600X.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 1600X

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 26% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 1600X - 231 vs 183 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 24 vs 12 threads
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Rust

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


FPS

183

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

231

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.16/FPS

100%

Price, €

€499

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 5900X 12x 3.7 GHz Prozessor, 32 GB DDR4, MSI B550-A Pro Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


Single-Core

1123

52%

Multi-Core

4766

40%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo

Ryzen 5 1600X

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Apr 11th, 2017Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 9
Summit RidgeCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
3.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
36.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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