AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Good for Gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 46.61

Overall Rank:
1388th fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
1420th fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
433rd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $195.00 USD (2025-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

9089

Single Thread Rating

2110

Samples: 938*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,978
Thread: 1,880

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Integer Math	28,576 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	14,827 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	34 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,008 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	8,210 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	117,245 KBytes/Sec
Physics	553 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	4,612 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,110 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of April 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$195.00 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 11 Home, GA15DK-DH776	$1299.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Mantis V2 Gaming Desktop PC (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor, 192GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe 990 Pro Gen4 SSD, 10TB HDD, WiFi 6E, Windows 11 Pro) Prebuilt RGB Gamer Desktop Computer	$7199.99 (www.amazon.com)
	iBUYPOWER Scale Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 4500, AMD Radeon RX 6400 4GB, 16GB DDR4 RGB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD_SCA5R6401	$795.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, GA15DK-DS776,Black	$2599.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,089

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		46.61
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		2,110

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2545388 - Apr 10 2025		9321
BL2545375 - Apr 10 2025		9321
BL2532001 - Apr 04 2025		9239
BL2531612 - Apr 04 2025 [Overclocked]		9411
BL2520298 - Mar 30 2025 [Overclocked]		8969

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,089
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,630 (+6.0%)
Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,126 (-21.6%)
Intel Core i5-8600T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,292 (+2.2%)
Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,750 (-14.7%)
Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		10,353 (+13.9%)
Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		8,644 (-4.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,736 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i7-7700T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,575 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		10,165 (+11.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,647 (+6.1%)
Intel Core i3-10305 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,450 (+4.0%)
Intel Core i3-10300 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,299 (+2.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,179
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,339
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,615
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,694
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,438
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		1,155

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