AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-09-12

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF was released in Q4/2019 and has 6 cores. The processor can process 12 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket AM4 (PGA 1331). In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF achieved a result of 941 points (single-core) or 5,241 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF.
Name:	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
Family:	AMD Ryzen 5
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 2000
Architecture:	Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has 6 cores. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF is 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has the no iGPU installed, which has streaming multiprocessors ( shaders).

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF supports a maximum of memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 42.7 GB/s.

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

Thermal Management The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has a TDP of 65 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

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

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF is made in 12 nm and has 16.00 MB cache.

Technology:	12 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	16.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q4/2019
Release price:	210 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 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.

Screenshots:

Cinebench R23 on Windows 10

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	66
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	66
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	66
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	65
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U 8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	65
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	65
	Intel Core i3-10100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	64

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-8700K 6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	467
	AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	465
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	465
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	452
	Intel Core i5-10400F 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	443
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	443
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U 8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	441

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	942
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	942
	Intel Core i5-8600T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	937
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	931
	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	925
	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	923
	Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	921

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	6912
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	6874
	Intel Core i5-8600K 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	6832
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	6822
	Intel Core i5-10500H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6813
	Intel Core i7-1250U 10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	6788
	Intel Core i7-1260U 10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz	6788

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 i7-4790S 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	945
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	944
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	943
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	941
	MediaTek Dimensity 8100 8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz	941
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	940
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	940

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	5311
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	5266
	Intel Xeon W-2125 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	5243
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	5241
	Intel Xeon W-2225 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	5239
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5221
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	5220

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2764
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	2736
	Intel Core i7-10750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2732
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	2684
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2653
	Intel Core i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2653
	Intel Core i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2653

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 Xeon E5-1660 v3 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	12608
	Intel Xeon W-11155MLE 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	12599
	Intel Core i7-1265U 10C 12T @ 2.40 GHz	12531
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	12524
	Intel Xeon D-2143IT 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	12482
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	12420
	AMD Ryzen 3 7330U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	12420

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 i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	367.5
	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	369.3
	Intel Core i7-8750H 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	369.4
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	372.4
	Intel Core i5-8600K 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	374.8
	Intel Core i5-9400 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	378.1
	Intel Core i3-10105F 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	380

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 i3-4360 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	149
	Intel Core i5-6600T 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149
	Intel Core i7-5850HQ 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	149
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	148
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	148
	Intel Core i7-6770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	148
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	148

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 Core i5-10500T 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	1245
	Intel Xeon W-2133 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1242
	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz	1233
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	1221
	Intel Core i7-10750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	1216
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1204
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1204

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
177 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
178 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

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