AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is 2% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 40 41
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Top speed 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Rated power 65 W 65 W
Games at recommended 165 167
Released20172017
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 better than the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 scores 41 and the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 40.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the AMD Radeon RX 590 for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 7 1700.