Testseek.co.uk have collected 277 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Socket AM4 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Socket AM4.
April 2017
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The editors liked
Exceptional value for money
Quad-core performance at dual-core prices
Latest AM4 platform
Easy to overclock to 4GHz
Able to compete with more expensive processors from Intel
Ideal for 1080P gaming systems
Low TDP and temperatures
Unlocked ratio multiplier
Multithreaded performance
Affordable pricing
Chipset promises future upgradability
Intuitive overclocking software
Multi-threaded performance is far better than Intel's price competitors
Single-threaded XFR boost to 3.9GHz is a high clock speed for this price point
Allows for manual overclocking with an unlocked core multiplier
Clock frequency helps it overcome IPC
The editors didn't like
Falls behind in rendering tasks
Neutral
Higher memory latency than Intel
But it doesn’t have a big impact on real-world performance
“The R5 1500X is offering reliable performance for mid-range gaming system builds at bargain prices. Like the legendary
Unoptimized software ecosystem
IPC throughput deficit
Poor overclocking on stock cooling
Only four cores
Gaming performance is behind that of Intel's competition
Power draw in our Cinebench measurements is disproportionately higher than Intel's competition
Worth a $20 upgrade over the 1400 but the six-core 1600 is only $30 more expensive
Well, the performance is pleasantly surprising. The 1500X, in most cases, performed on par with the i7-7700K. Even though you can overclock the i7 further, the MSRP of the Ryzen 5 1500X is only $189. That's a monstrous difference in price/performance. E...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
performance, overclocking, power consumption, value
AMD Ryzen 7 produced a revolution in the 8-core area, offering at least the same performance as Intel LGA2011 counterparts, but at half price. Now Ryzen 5 came to compete with LGA1151 solutions, and AMD banged Intel's head again with 1600X, a 6-core/12-th...
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Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Exceptional value compared to their Intel Core i5 counterparts. Ryzen holds a clear lead in productivity performance, though gaming performance is more evenly matched between Intel and AMD
Power efficiency goes right out the window once you start overclocking
Using AMD's stock coolers, the standard 1500X idled at 35 degrees and peaked at 68 degrees using the Wraith Spire. When overclocked to 3.95GHz, however, its temperatures increased to 42 degrees at idle and 88 degrees under load. That said, the heatsink wa...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Ron , review by: modders-inc.com
Abstract: The sub-$250 CPU price point is the sweet spot where most system builders look at for their next CPU choice. In this area, creators, gamers and casual system builders intersect and overlap with their computing needs. Intel's 4-core/4-threaded i5 processor...
Well, the Ryzen 7 launch has a surprising amount of excitement and drama mixed together with the impressive numbers but with memory issues and game performance causing very polarized opinions on social media and on websites like Reddit. AMD fans even...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: Since the launch of the FX8 series of processors AMD have fallen into the sector of the market that is best described by the old "good value for money" adage, which is usually a pejorative way of saying that the performance wasn't all that but they're che...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
Abstract: Following our in-depth Ryzen VR benchmark (R7 1700 vs. i7-7700K with the Rift + Vive), we immediately began compiling results for the concurrent R5 test efforts by GN Sr. Editor Patrick Lathan. Working together, we were able to knock-out the VR benchmarks...
Published: 2017-03-22, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
For such a small six-game sample, those benchmarks showed quite a few interesting results. Perhaps the most exciting conclusion we can draw is that upcoming six-core Ryzen processors should perform roughly on par with eight-core models when playing today'...
Abstract: I'm going to start this article off with a simple number: five. Not only is that the number of months it has taken AMD to effectively turn the x86 processor world on its ear, but that's also the number of distinct model families that they've introduced...
Looking back at how things played out over the course of this review, I have no doubt it will be one of the most hotly debated articles that I've written in the last few months, maybe even the last year. There's no denying that the Zen architecture has pr...
