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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 3800X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 3800X is 817 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Performs up to 3% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 5 1600 - 161 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 3% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600 - £215.0 vs £220.6
- Up to 5% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 5 1600 - £1.34 vs £1.41 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 16 vs 12 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU - AM4 / Hex Core / 3.2 GHz /19MB / 65W
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Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
161
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.34/FPS
100%
Price, £
£215
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Processor (8C/16T, 36 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Ryzen 5 1600
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 3800X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 1600 or Ryzen 7 3800X
Red Dead Redemption 2, 1920 x 1080, Highest
39 FPS
£32.28/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Ryzen 7 3800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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