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    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 3 1300

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 3 1300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      177%
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      121%
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      232%
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 132% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 77% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Zen
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    Cores6vs4
    Threads12vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD Ryzen 3 1300
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP95 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      4070 points
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      3850 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      26571 points
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
      14080 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      161
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300 (simulated)
      132.43

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
      1245
    • AMD Ryzen 3 1300 (simulated)
      534.86

    points - higher is better

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