Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen 5 1600X - Full Performance Comparison

This is a full comparison between AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. In other terms AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 5 2600X. Which CPU would you buy today?!

Recommended versions of the CPUs tested in this video:
(Updated for the best price August 1st, 2020)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X https://geni.us/eNhZb
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X https://geni.us/uo3a

The Test System (Updated April 5th, 2019):
OS: WINDOWS 10 PRO (KINGUIN) http://bit.ly/Windows-10-PRO-KEY
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 https://geni.us/BGQY
COOLER: Corsair Hydro Series H100i https://geni.us/MEaQFDC
MEMORY: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB https://geni.us/9Jja
AMD MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG Crosshair VII https://geni.us/69Nf
POWER SUPPLY: Corsair RM1000x (UPDATE) https://geni.us/MjMHE3
SSD: Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB https://geni.us/ku7EJED
CASE: Fractal Design Define S https://geni.us/DhSrS

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X benchmarks resulted in close numbers in most tasks compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Ryzen 5 2600X price gap. The Ryzen 5 2600X wins by being a bit faster in almost every task comparing to AMD Ryzen 5 1600X.

The CPUs were tested in gaming and benchmark to test the performance in varied scenarios. The resolutions that were tested were 1080p (Full HD) in the games: The witcher 3, Far cry 5, Battlefield 1, Fallout 4, Total War Warhammer 2 (Warhammer II). As well as the software: 7zip compression, Blender, Cinebench, Firestrike, luxmark, photoshop and x264. No overclocking was performed. Ryzen 2 vs Ryzen 1.

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