Testseek.co.uk have collected 348 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4.
April 2017
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The editors liked
Best price vs performance Ryzen chip to date
6-Core w/ 12 Threads
AM4 Platform and features
XFR overclocking
Easy to manually overclock
Beats out many more expensive Intel products
Great for gaming/streaming
Strength in heavily threaded workloads
Superior pricetoperformance ratio for budget workstations
Unlocked ratio multiplier
Awesome multi-core performance
Strong gaming performance
Cool running chip
Superb multi-threaded computational performance that obliterates the Core i5-7600K
Multi-threaded performance makes the i7-7700K and i7-6800K look like poor value for money
Plenty of spare computational capacity for game streamers
Power consumption num
Cheapest six-core chip available
Competitive gaming performance
Strong productivity value
Intuitive overclocking software
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Memory latency is still a little high but it has improved since Ryzen launched
“If you’re eager to invest in Ryzen but don’t need the more expensive 8-Core R7 chips
Then the 1600X is the best that R5 has to offer. It’s perfectly suited to
High price relative to Core i57600K
Lower overclocking headroom
Tricky overclocking
Gaming performance is not as strong as Intel's competition
Which is disappointing for this market segment
Kaby Lake competition has significantly better single-threaded performance
Published: 2017-07-21, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Finally we're here, we've done what you've asked - nay shouted at - us to do and returned to the AMD Ryzen CPUs with the latest BIOS and retail CPU's, put them through their paces and discovered if an up-to-date BIOS and programs can transform the Zen per...
Comparing the benchmarks of the Ryzen 5 1600X and the Core i5-7600K, we concluded each one has advantage in some applications and disadvantage in other ones, so we can say the they at very similar processors.In applications that use a big number of thread...
Published: 2017-05-08, Author: Mark , review by: arstechnica.com
Remarkable multithreaded performance, More core and threads than the competition, 1600X on par with a stock i5 7600K in gaming, The full-featured AM4 platform, Excellent value for money
Questions remain over gaming performance, Some early adopter quirks linger, Overclocking not as strong as Kaby Lake
Excellent Price, Great Performance, Quality Design, AMD is Really Back
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The Ryzen 5 1600X seems like the Best All Around CPU a user can buy right now for their system. That said, AMD has done a marvelous job of making a Ryzen chip that can cater to nearly every type of situation...
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Published: 2017-04-28, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Great price for a six-core, 12-thread chip, Beats even the pricier Core i7-7700K when using all cores on some tests
Lags behind the equivalent Intel chips for 1080p gaming, No stock cooler included
As long as unmatched 1080p gaming isn't the main objective for your build, it's hard to beat the high clock speeds, thread and core count, and overall performance of AMD's Ryzen 5 1600X CPU for the price...
The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X at $249.99 shipped is a really nice performing 6-core that we were able to easily overclock up to 4.1GHz without even needing to mess with CPU voltages on our particular motherboard. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X was able to beat the Intel C...
Published: 2017-04-23, Author: HP , review by: relaxedtech.com
Comes With SMT Which Core i5 CPUs Lack, Outstanding Performance, Fully Unlocked, Can Easily Be OC'd to 4Ghz+, Perfect For Multi-Tasking, Future-Proof Platform, Great Price/Performance Value, Runs Very Cool
Memory Compatibility Limited
The bottom line is that the Ryzen 5 1600X and 1500X destroyed Intel's Core i5-7600K and i5-7500 processors in pretty much all of the testing that I performed. The Ryzen 5 series gives you the option of getting a 6C/12T processor while the Core i5 lineup i...
Six cores and 12 threads for about the same price as Intel's four-thread Core i5 chips, Consistently tops pricier Core i7-7700K on tests that take advantage of all available cores
1080p gaming and single-core performance still lag behind comparable "Kaby Lake" chips, No stock cooler included in box
With its lofty clock speeds, 12 computing threads, and reasonable $249 price, AMD's top-end Ryzen 5 chip is an excellent all-around compute performer. Just note: If you're gaming at 1080p with a high-end card, Intel's options still deliver better frame r...
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Published: 2017-04-12, Author: Patrick , review by: servethehome.com
Reading reviews at launch, there was a ton on the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. AMD sampled many sites with the 1500X and 1600X so that they would, naturally, compare them to the Ryzen 7 line and Intel chips. One benefit we had was being able to buy our chips and te...
Abstract: Last month we took the shrink wrap off the eight-core Ryzen 7 CPUs, and now it's the six-core Ryzen 5 1600X's turn to upend the sub $300 processor market.The Ryzen 5 1600X is based on the same Summit Ridge architecture in the Ryzen 7, and in an unpreceden...
