AMD Ryzen 5 1400, 1500X and 1600X CPU Review

Test Setup

AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ASUS Prime X370-Pro
Corsair LPX 2666MHz
Corsair LPX 3000MHz
Corsair MP500 M.2
nVidia GTX 980
Corsair HX1000i
Corsair H110i GT
Corsair ML Fans

 

Overclocking

Both the 1500X and 1600X hit identical 4GHz CPU and 3200MHz memory clock speeds, with only the extra cores of the 1600X separating them. This should mean that the 1500X is the one that the majority of people will buy. We hoped the 1400t would follow the Ryzen 7 1700 by being a banzai overclocker, but sadly no. 3.8GHz is fine and so is the 2933MHz memory, just not quite as good as the 1500X which costs just £20 more. Of course the important thing is, how do they stack up in the graphs?

Ryzen 5 1400

With the 1400 falling a bit behind what we got from the others we also broke out the Chrosshair 6 just to make 100% sure it wasnt a weird issue. It clocked exactly the same and the memory again capped out at 2933. This must just mean that they are actually binning the lower CPU’s off and just adds weight to the argument about buying the 1500X.

Ryzen 5 1500X 

At just £20 more than the 1400 yet it overclocks higher, obtained a higher memory overclock and ships with a high basic CPU clock plus if you are on a budget it actually comes with a better stock cooler too, so its hard to not choose the 1500X over the 1400.

  
Ryzen 5 1600X

The 1600X overclocks the same as the 1500X but also has those extra 2 cores and 4 threads in check giving more scope for multitasking and CPU based rendering/modeling on a budget.