This month, AMD launched multiple Ryzen 5 processors. The1600Xand1600are sub-$300 6-core 12-thread CPUs that pose somehealthy competition英特尔的i5-7600Kandi5-7500.
On the other hand, the sub-$200 Ryzen 51500Xand1400have 4 cores and 8 threads. They compete more with Intel’s lockedi5-7400and the unlocked 2-core, 4-threadi3-7350KCPUs, neither of which we recommend at their current price points.
The Ryzen 5 1500X comes with a Wraith Spire cooler, the Ryzen 5 1400 with a Wraith Stealth. The Intel i5 7400 comes with a stock Intel cooler and the i3 7350K doesn’t include any cooler at all.