AMD Ryzen R5 1500X Quad-Core AM4 Processor Review

CPU Benchmarks

Ashes of the Singularity

At the Crazy pre-set Ryzen 1500X struggled quite a bit, although overclocking did provide a much needed 3fps boost.

Cinebench R15

Cinebench scores are actually pretty impressive, beating out the heavily overclocked Intel 7600K, a processor that costs over £200, and keeping close to the 6700K, which is almost £300!

Handbrake

Cutting down to just 4-cores really took the wind out of the R5, but it’s safe to say that if you’re planning on doing lots of video rendering, then a budget focused 4-core CPU isn’t the best solution anyway.

WPrime

WPrime scores are about where we expected, not blazing fast, but certainly competitive given the price of the processor.