AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q1/2017. The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X scores 910 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,642 points.
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X.

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Family: AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
Architecture: Summit Ridge (Zen)
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 1
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is 3.50 GHz (3.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 16.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q1/2017
Release price: 265 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-4790T Intel Core i7-4790T
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
912
Intel Xeon Gold 5120T Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz
911
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
911
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
910
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
910
Intel Core i5-9400T Intel Core i5-9400T
6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz
910
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
18C 36T @ 3.30 GHz
910

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 Intel Xeon Silver 4112
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3654
AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3645
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
3644
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3642
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3642
Intel Core i7-4771 Intel Core i7-4771
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3640
Intel Core i5-9400T Intel Core i5-9400T
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz
3634

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
347
Intel Core i5-5675C Intel Core i5-5675C
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
346
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
344
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
341
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
339
Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
339
Intel Celeron G5900T Intel Celeron G5900T
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
338

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-9350K Intel Core i3-9350K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1833
Intel Core i3-9350KF Intel Core i3-9350KF
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1833
Intel Core i7-4790 Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1819
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1811
Intel Core i7-6700T Intel Core i7-6700T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1811
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1809
Intel Core i7-8569U Intel Core i7-8569U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1802

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1185G7E Intel Core i7-1185G7E
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
9140
Intel Core i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
9140
Intel Xeon D-1715TER Intel Xeon D-1715TER
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
9114
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
9105
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
9094
Intel Xeon D-1548 Intel Xeon D-1548
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
9071
AMD FX-8310 AMD FX-8310
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
9065

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
492
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
502
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
506.8
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
512.2
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
518.9
Intel Xeon E-2124G Intel Xeon E-2124G
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
524
Intel Xeon E5450 Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
524

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2207
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2199
Intel Core i7-10610U Intel Core i7-10610U
4C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
2171
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
2167
AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
2162
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
2157
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2130

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
152
Intel Core i5-4690K Intel Core i5-4690K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
152
Intel Core i5-4690S Intel Core i5-4690S
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
152
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
151
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
151
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
151
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
151

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
717
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
716
AMD FX-9590 AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
713
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
712
Intel Xeon E-2244G Intel Xeon E-2244G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
712
Intel Core i7-5700HQ Intel Core i7-5700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
711
Intel Core i5-9400T Intel Core i5-9400T
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz
710

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