i5-1035G4 vs Ryzen 5 1600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1600
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
7.73
+56.2%
Core i5-1035G4
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.95

Ryzen 5 1600 outperforms Core i5-1035G4 by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9631238
Place by popularity55not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.58no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core i5
Power efficiency11.2518.74
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Ice Lake (Client) (2019)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219$320

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 4 GT/s
Multiplier3211
L1 cache576 KB320 KB
L2 cache3 MB2 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCBGA1526
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s59.732 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 1600 7.73
+56.2%
i5-1035G4 4.95

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 1600 12277
+56.3%
i5-1035G4 7857

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1600 4538
i5-1035G4 6829
+50.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1600 25970
+16.7%
i5-1035G4 22252

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1600 8244
+11%
i5-1035G4 7426

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 1600 6.85
+8%
i5-1035G4 7.4

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1600 13
+71%
i5-1035G4 7

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1600 1129
+87.4%
i5-1035G4 603

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1600 147
i5-1035G4 169
+15%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1600 1.65
i5-1035G4 2.04
+23.6%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1600 6.4
+36.2%
i5-1035G4 4.7

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1600 3430
i5-1035G4 4526
+32%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1600 69
+91.9%
i5-1035G4 36

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1600 177
+14.9%
i5-1035G4 154

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1600 5425
+36.1%
i5-1035G4 3986

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1600 404
i5-1035G4 958
+137%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1600 950
i5-1035G4 1235
+30%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1600 3834
i5-1035G4 4087
+6.6%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1600 30144
+131%
i5-1035G4 13057

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 1600 180
+2.3%
i5-1035G4 176

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.73 4.95
Recency 16 March 2017 1 August 2019
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600 has a 56.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

i5-1035G4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-1035G4 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1600 is a desktop processor while Core i5-1035G4 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i5-1035G4, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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