AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 5 1600

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 against the 3.2 GHz Ryzen 5 1600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
88.4
(Very good)
Value Index
35.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1600 and 7600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 5 years and 10 months later
  • 2.5x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 1118 points
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Around 33.66 GB/s (85%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 42% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 3.6 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Ryzen 5 7600 +110%
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
756
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 597 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3144 -

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +150%
2797
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +151%
12486
File compression 1280 MB/sec 473.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 89.8 Klines/sec 40.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271.7 pages/sec 121.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.1 Mpixels/sec 154.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.5 pages/sec 99.8 pages/sec
Background blur 55.7 images/sec 21.9 images/sec
Photo processing 89.9 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.4 Mpixels/sec 8.57 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 788 & 509 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3907
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +120%
26969
12254
Integer math 80.2 GOps/sec 41.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48 GOps/sec 21.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 198M Primes/sec 35M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 20.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 11.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 303.8 MBytes/sec 171.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1750 Frames/sec 640 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 6830 & 9356 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
200.8
100.94

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.1 PPW 76.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 414.9 PPW 188.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 PPW 1.55 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2856 / 13297
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2859 / 13080
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-14 (El_kocko)Cinebench 202452 / 396

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Ryzen 5 1600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 10, 2023 April 11, 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 13600 - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (67th and 183rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 32x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 6.57 billions 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (79th and 184th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 73.4 GB/s 39.74 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Choose between two processors
4 (80%)
1 (20%)
Total votes: 5

Comments

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