If reports are anything to go by, AMD Ryzen 5 1600X will be faster and cheaper.
In January, AMD Ryzen was announced. However, at present, there is no exact information regarding their launch date. The processor will reportedly be out in the market on March 2, according to Wccftech.
It is expected that the power consumptions of AMD Ryzen processors will be extremely low and as such the R5 1600x will use only 95W. It is a 'Black edition' processor.
The processors will carry an 'R7' tag as a prefix. Recent benchmarks from several demo units disclose about particular processors surpassing Intel's high-end desktop chipsets. R5 1600x is one among them and it will cost about $259, according to a Forbes report.
Benchmarks for the R5 1600x in CPU-Z appears to overtake top-end Intel i7 processors, in multi-threaded as well as single-threaded testing environments. On the other hand, i7 6850x costs around $610 and offers an identical set of threads and cores.
The Ryzen 5 1600X is scheduled to retail at $259 and Intel's Core i7-6850K retails for $610. Furthermore, the two CPUs offer identical specifications, with identical frequencies, 12 threads and 6 cores each, with the AMD chip having a max turbo frequency of 3.7GHz and the Intel chip of 3.8GHz.
What's more, compared to a TDP of 140W for the i7-6850K, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a lower TDP/power consumption of 95W. Lisa Su, AMD's CEO and President, confirmed that Ryzen will be launched in early March. The new line-up includes 17 different models. Six quad-cores, three hexa-cores and four octo-core CPUs.
All Ryzen processors have unlocked multipliers. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 1800X will come in two options. A boxed processor with the Wraith Max 140W cooler with RGB lighting or the processor without the cooler. Customers will have to pay $20 more for the cooler bundle.
The Ryzen 7 1700X and Ryzen 7 1800X are 95W CPUs and AMD is pairing the two with a 140W cooler. The company is pairing The 1700 (65W CPU) with a 95W cooler. AMD wants to make sure that the processors run cool and the system stays quiet.