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Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 7 3700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 3700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 1600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 89%, including 89% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,195 vs 6,468).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 1600 and the Ryzen 7 3700X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 1600Ryzen 7 3700X
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.23.6
boost clock ghz 3.64.4
tdp w 6565
memory bus Dual-channel—
l3 cache mb 1632
process nm 147
socket AMD Socket AM4AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic, TopCPU, technical.city, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser and PassMark Software; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 1600Ryzen 7 3700X
7-Zip Compression (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —78,000 MIPS
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —7,000 points
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —6,613 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic		 6,468 points12,195 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, MakeUseOf, Notebookcheck, TopCPU		 895 points1,345 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser		 5,162 points9,145 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser		 1,081 points1,740 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 12,253 points22,401 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 2,063 points2,654 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 2,064 points2,654 points
PassMark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark Software		 —2,654 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 1600 or the Ryzen 7 3700X?

The Ryzen 7 3700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 1600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 89%, including 89% in Cinebench R23 multi (12,195 vs 6,468).

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