AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Review – by PCMag
Reasons To Buy
- ✓ Twice the compute threads as competing Intel CPUs.
- ✓ Improved 1080p gaming performance versus Ryzen 7 chips we tested just a month ago.
Reasons To Avoid
- ✗ 1080p gaming and single-core performance still lag behind comparable "Kaby Lake" chips.
- ✗ Ryzen 5 1600 doesn't cost much more, has 50 percent more cores.