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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
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AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper 1920X Cpu
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6 editorial reviews
Ryzen 5 1600 brings six cores and twelve threads to the lowest price point in the desktop market, an example of the inherent value of its unlocked multipliers.Read more
At just $219 with six cores and 12 threads, AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 could be a cash-strapped content creator's dream chip. Just don't expect to do serious overclocking without investing in a better cooler.Read more
AMD's Ryzen 5 1600, a six-core processor with twelve logical cores, turns out to be a cost-effective alternative to the only marginally faster Ryzen 5 1600X. The Ryzen 5 1600 even offers good overclocking potential, going beyond the clock limits of AMD Precision Boost and XFR.Read more
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Threadripper 1920X sports 12 fed by 38MB of cache, quad-channel memory, and 64 PCIe lanes - all for $800, compared to Intel’s $1000 Core i9-7900X.Read more
At $799, AMD's 12-core Threadripper chip skips along ahead of Intel's competing $999 Core i9 on core-happy computing tasks, while costing a couple of hundred bucks less. Just factor in the high cost of motherboards and cooling into your build budget.Read more
AMD lays claim to the fastest consumer CPU on the planet, outside of games.Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4TR4
Component forPCPCServer/Workstation
Operating modes64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Max turbo speed3.6 GHz4.2 GHz4.0 GHz
Number of cores6612
Number of threads121224
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W180.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternonono
TypeNot availableNot available
N/A

Memory

Cache16 MB16 MB32 MB
Cache typeL3L3L3
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2667.0 MHz2933.0 MHz2667.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualQuad

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyesno
Thermal specification203.0 °F203.0 °F154.4 °F

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