AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor with 4 cores and Hyper Threading (SMT). It is the fastest Ryzen 5 quad-core processor in the beginning of 2017, but the 65-watt TDP is similar to the hexa-core Ryzen 5 1600.

The Ryzen 5 1500X has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz and can reach up to 3.7 GHz via Turbo (up to 2 cores) or 3.9 GHz via XFR (also up to 2 cores).

The processor based on the Zen architecture is not fully convincing in games. AMD blames missing optimizations from the gaming producers.

Codename	Zen
Series	AMD Ryzen 5
Series: Ryzen 5 Zen AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 - 3.6 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X « 3.5 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 - 3.4 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3
Clock Rate	3500 - 3700 MHz
Level 1 Cache	384 KB
Level 2 Cache	2 MB
Level 3 Cache	16 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	65 Watt
Transistor Count	4800 Million
Manufacturing Technology	14 nm
Socket	AM4
Features	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	04/11/2017

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