Ryzen 5 review thread

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

R5 1600X

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...xiikFwjyQ/edit
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...view,5014.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_1600X/
https://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/20...Hardware+Feed)
https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/amd-ryz...iew-benchmarks
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/...hreads-vs-four
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ar...#axzz4e1OHjs3N

R5 1400

https://www.purepc.pl/procesory/test...7400?page=0,44

R5 1500X

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_1500X/
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ar...#axzz4e1OHjs3N


R5 1400 and R5 1600

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2017...400_cpu_review
https://www.hardocp.com/article/2017...1600_1400_cpus

R5 1500X and R5 1600X

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-review...-14nm-zen.html
http://techreport.com/review/31724/a...iewed-part-one
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...ce-review.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages...-review,1.html
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proces...X-Take-Core-i5
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews...ng-i5-argument
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cp...2t-cpu-review/
https://videocardz.com/68282/amd-ryzen-5-review-roundup
http://www.techspot.com/review/1379-...5-1600x-1500x/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/813...iew/index.html
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Ryzen-...tream-1225280/
http://www.modders-inc.com/amd-r5-16...m4-cpu-review/
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...5-1600x-1500x/
http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...00x_processor/
http://www.techtesters.eu/amd-ryzen-...-1500x-review/
https://www.vortez.net/articles_page..._review,1.html

R5 1400,R5 1500X,R5 1600 and R5 1600X

https://www.computerbase.de/2017-04/amd-ryzen-5-test/
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/959-...1400-test.html


Video Reviews


https://youtu.be/MgHnLu6k0D4
https://youtu.be/WVYcHjad7Rw
https://youtu.be/3VvwWTQKCZs
https://youtu.be/QewJ6IzU8Hs
https://youtu.be/mbK0n5FjvhI
https://youtu.be/qDiBzcfNLHI
https://youtu.be/VGhg0zijEOM
https://youtu.be/VLH2fllQqAk
https://youtu.be/VGhg0zijEOM


Please add reviews as you spot them.

[watercooled]

When's the NDA lift? I've seen a couple of people claiming 9am EST, so 2PM here unless I'm confusing something with daylight saving time?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

When's the NDA lift? I've seen a couple of people claiming 9am EST, so 2PM here unless I'm confusing something with daylight saving time?

2PM I suspect.

[scaryjim]

When's the NDA lift? I've seen a couple of people claiming 9am EST, so 2PM here unless I'm confusing something with daylight saving time?

Looks like the US jump into daylight saving earlier than we hit BST - 12th March this year, so if it is 9am on the US east coast it should indeed be 2pm.

[watercooled]

And they're up. It would be nice if retail prices weren't just a case of crossing out the $ and putting a £ though...

Nonetheless, I've started skimming reviews and they seem very tempting compared to an i5...

[scaryjim]

And they're up. It would be nice if retail prices weren't just a case of crossing out the $ and putting a £ though......

Exchange rate + VAT. It's more-or-less an accurate reflection of the price at the minute, give or take a few percent. And that's mid-market rates; I've seen consumer purchase rates below $1.20 to the £ recently, which actually make direct $:£ pricing cheaper in £...

[scaryjim]

5 1600X

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...view,5014.html

Interesting how many games in Tom's review lose performance when turning SMT off. It seems to be a complete reversal of the Ryzen 7 reviews. Plus in some cases even where SMT off increases average frame rates it also causes more frame time spikes. Very odd indeed...

[watercooled]

That doesn't seem to be the case with either Intel's CPUs or Ryzen 7 though - both of those are more in line with what you'd expect, and it's not like the exchange rate has budged much recently either.

Edit: @scaryjim: Perhaps that's a result of all the software/BIOS/AGESA updates between the initial launch and today?

[scaryjim]

... Edit: @scaryjim: Perhaps that's a result of all the software/BIOS/AGESA updates between the initial launch and today?

Hard to tell, although I'm sure they're a part of it. I also wonder if there's anything rolled into the Windows Creators Update, and also if power plans make any difference to the impact on SMT in gaming (one of the issues with parking in the Microsoft power plan is apparently that it parks everything but one core (i.e. using 2 threads)) - I'm not sure whether that was examined when people first started questioning the impact of SMT on gaming performance....

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

OP has been updated.