AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD FX-8140

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and AMD FX-8140 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2066 vs 1273
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12279 vs 4860
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 April 2017 vs October 2012
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 576 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2066 vs 1273
PassMark - CPU mark 12279 vs 4860

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8140

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 6
L2 cache 8192 KB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
CPU 2: AMD FX-8140

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2066
1273
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12279
4860
Name AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD FX-8140
PassMark - Single thread mark 2066 1273
PassMark - CPU mark 12279 4860
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 900
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4987
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3180
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 42.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.504

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD FX-8140

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Zambezi
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 11 April 2017 October 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $210
OPN PIB YD1600BBAEBOX
OPN Tray YD1600BBM6IAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1866 1871
Price now $129.99
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100) 27.80
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Die size 192 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 576 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 8192 KB
L3 cache 16 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 4800 Million 1200 million
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Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Spire (No LED)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)