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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 1304 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 29% better in HITMAN 2 than Ryzen 5 1600X - 172 vs 133 FPS
- Up to 0% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600X - £178.0 vs £178.58
- Up to 23% better value when playing HITMAN 2 than Ryzen 5 1600X - £1.03 vs £1.34 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 16 vs 12 threads
HITMAN 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Desktop CPU - AM4/Hex Core/3.6GHz – 4GHZ turbo/ 16MB/95W
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Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
172
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.03/FPS
100%
Price, £
£178
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Processor (8C/16T, 36MB Cache, Up to 4.7 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 1600X or Ryzen 7 5800X
HITMAN 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
143 FPS
£13.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,901.74
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122 FPS
£8.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,065.99
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143 FPS
£16.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£2,289.95
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143 FPS
£12.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,819.95
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143 FPS
£14.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£2,009.95
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