AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and 1500X - light and shadow in duet | Page 9

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Important preliminary remarks

Due to the better cooling and the completely different hardware (motherboard, RAM, etc.), the updated Windows and new board drivers, we measured all the old Ryzen 7 CPUs again. As a result, the results are no longer comparable to those of the older launch article or follow-up, but mostly only slightly different from each other.

The power consumption values are based on the sensor values provided by the power supply of the MSI mainbaord. For the measurements, we used a special low-pass filter that filters away short-term power peaks or drop-offs, as well as an adjusted calculation of the average values. While the detail of the individual view lasts exactly two minutes, all bar graphics are based on the full 15 minutes that we needed for the nearly accurate determination.

Individual view of Ryzen 5

First, we looked at the two new CPUs with the respective curve curves over a sufficiently long period of time in order to exclude or exclude possible sporadic measurement errors and a disproportionate weighting of fluctuations from the outset. minimize diminuwork.

The direct comparison between the Ryzen 5 1500X and the 1600X is quite interesting, because we compare a 4- with a 6-core. Since the values in idle, browsing and even AutoCAD are roughly the same, one could conclude that the cut was not really completely executed and that unused parts of the CPU are still fully supplied.

It only becomes more interesting when the cores are more heavily loaded. Then the power consumption increases more clearly, in order to distinguish itself very clearly from each other in the torture test. But we'll take a closer look at these things when we directly juxtapose all models of AMD's Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 in much easier-to-read bar graphics.

Comparison of the power consumption of all CPUs

Let's look at all the Ryzen models tested so far in the Idle. The difference between all models is extremely small and can only be made after approx. 15 minutes reasonably reliable. However, you don't notice any real differences between AMD's four-, six- and 8-cores, so we can only repeat the assumption that no complete electrical separation has been made on the partially disabled models.

Inwhat this could lead to a later (this time certainly unintentional by AMD) activation of deactivated areas, is of course left out. We rather suspect that the manufacturer has put a stop to this and has somehow secured itself.

Even with the more single-threaded AutoCAD, the differences are quite small, so we would rather push them to the different chip quality and the different clock.

Only at larger loads do the larger Ryzen models move away a bit, even if the Ryzen 7 1700 works closer to the Sweet Spot due to the very low clock and is therefore also the most economical processor.

The Orr loop is similar, because the very low clocked Ryzen 7 1700 is easily surpassed with 12 threads despite the 16 threads of the Ryzen 5 1600X. Only the Ryzen 5 1500X stays at the bottom of the ladder with its 8 threads, while the larger models get really thirsty.

Intermediate conclusion

The image we have already received in the previous Ryzen reviews has been confirmed and condensed once again. The fact that the Ryzen 5 models are not significantly more economical in the loadless and partial load range leaves two conclusions in the end: First, the chip quality is not so much worse in the end, that it necessarily results in a lower efficiency and thus also a higher power consumption. Secondly, the deactivation of sub-areas does not bring any real increase in efficiency, which rather suggests a permanent supply of power to the areas deactivated ex works.

The power consumption values of all Ryzen CPUs tested so far are acceptable to good and – except for the almost loadless condition – are very good in the race when compared with equivalent Intel CPUs. The efficiency is not really worse, as long as one can assume that Ryzen is optimally operated by the respective software (including the operating system).

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