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    AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
    AMD Ryzen 7 1700

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      111%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      101%
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      117%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    None

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700

    17% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.
    AMD Ryzen 7 1700

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Zen
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateApr 2017vsMar 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    Cores6vs8
    Threads12vs16
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3000 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      3960 points
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      4070 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      25766 points
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      32208 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      2361
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      2945

    points per second - higher is better

    7-zip

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      29509
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      35887

    MIPS - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      94.29
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      93.08

    points - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      793.56
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      1030.17

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      8222
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      8335

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      4538
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      4531

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      25970
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      29167.5

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1.65
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      1.67

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      12.57
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      15.63

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      147
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      147

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1134
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      1415

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      12.7
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      11.4

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      5.2
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      6

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      3363.5
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      3530

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      177
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      147

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      68.7
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      67

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      6
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      8.4

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      1.3

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      0.65
    • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
      0.82

    GB/s

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