After releasing the extensively reviewed 8-core 16-thread Ryzen 7 CPUs last month, AMD marked April as the month of the Ryzen 5 processors. This tier of the Zen microarchitecture-based CPUs includes 4-core and 6-core hyper threaded processors, in a price range of $169-$249.
Today, we will compare the Ryzen 51600X($250) and1600($220) to their price equivalents from Intel: thei5-7600K($240) andi5-7500($200).
This week, AMD launched their exciting Ryzen 5 CPUs, which include two 6-core hyperthreaded chips (the1600Xand1600) and two 4-core hyperthreaded chips (the1500Xand1400)。这些cpu现在在我们的建议theLogical Increments homepage, marking a welcome return for AMD to the mid-range CPU space.
Long story short: We have added the the R5 1500X and 1600 to ourGreattier, while the R5 1600 and 1600X now appear in ourExcellenttier. As a result, the Ryzen chips have shaken up our once Intel-dominated mid-range CPU recommendations, and knocked the Inteli5-7400completely off our list.
The 6-core Ryzen 5 1600X and 1600 are an interesting pair for PC builders.
For both gaming and content creation, having a 6-core/12-thread CPU for the $220-250 price point is excellent. As such, we’re going to create two powerful example builds to give you an idea for what you can make yourself.
The 1600X and 1600 can be used interchangeably with the two builds, so feel free to swap as you see fit!