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AMD
AMD Ryzen 5 1600.
budgetdiscontinued
- The chip that made six cores mainstream
- Pair with a B450 board and cheap DDR4
Best price
$55$219 MSRP
at Amazon
//01SPEC SHEET
BrandAMD
Release year2017
MSRP$219
SocketAM4
Cores / Threads6C / 12T
Base clock3.2 GHz
Boost clock3.6 GHz
TDP65 W
L3 cache16 MB
Integrated graphicsNO
Memory supportDDR4
Gaming FPS ceiling72 FPS
Included coolerWraith Spire
//02PRICE COMPARISON
Prices as of 01 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTC
//03PRICE HISTORY
90d min
$50
90d avg
$54
90d max
$55
//04PERFORMANCE
//05COMPATIBILITY
//06ALTERNATIVES
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