AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    107%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    110%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    115%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700

15% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

10% higher single threaded 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 7 1700AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 1700AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsZen
Release DateMar 2017vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 1700AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

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

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 1700AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

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

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    32208 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    2945
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    2545

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    35887
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    31310

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    93.08
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    104

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1030.17
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    860.58

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    147
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1415
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245

points - higher is better