AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD A6-6400K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD A6-6400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A6-6400K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    459%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    206%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    586%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 106% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 486% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 359% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1600.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsRichland
Release DateApr 2017vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
Cores6vs2
Threads12vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 8470D

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs246mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A6-6400K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    3960 points
  • AMD A6-6400K
    2501 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25766 points
  • AMD A6-6400K
    3901 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    8222
  • AMD A6-6400K
    2654

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    4538
  • AMD A6-6400K
    3067.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25970
  • AMD A6-6400K
    5079

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1.65
  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    12.57
  • AMD A6-6400K
    1.66

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    147
  • AMD A6-6400K
    88

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1134
  • AMD A6-6400K
    149

points - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    177
  • AMD A6-6400K
    56.9

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    68.7
  • AMD A6-6400K
    11.2

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    6
  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.96

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1
  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.19

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    0.65
  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.11

GB/s