AMD Ryzen 5 test results are finally out and it looks like the new microprocessors are holding up to its promise as Intel's rival when it comes to low end parts. Tech websites and PC hardware sites have conducted benchmark tests and reviews of the new Ryzen 5 and results prove that it is more than capable to take even Intel's high-end CPUs.

The first site to release its review of the new AMD Ryzen 5 was Tom's Hardware and it pitted Ryzen 5 1600x against the Ryzen 7 1700 and the Intel Core i5 7600x, V3 reported. The Ryzen 5 was comparable to Ryzen 7 when it comes to stock speeds and overclocking at 3.9 and 4.1 GHz; the Intel Core i5 7600K was overclocked to 5GHz. The Ryzen 5 1600x six-core CPU can be used three times as many threads as the Core i5 proving it dominates in the parallelized physics metric and it can move past the Ryzen 7 1700 in the Futuremark's DX11 physics test.

However, the Ryzen 5 was unable to surpass the Kaby Lake in the DX11 overhead tests. It lags behind the Core i5 CPUs in the DX11 single and multi-threaded workloads even when overclocked. Intel is still king when it comes to real-world gaming tests. Tests were conducted while playing "Battlefield1," "Civilisation VI" and "Ashes of the Singularity" and Intel's chips were standouts especially when overclocked to 5GHz.

Meanwhile, Ryzen is still a good choice when it comes to quality performance for the best price. The Ryzen 5 1600x is at $249 with six cores and twelve threads. The 1600 also has 6 cores and 12 threads but offers a slower clock speed and is priced at $219. The 1500x and 1400 has 4 cores and 8 threads and are available at $189 and $169 both with slower clock speeds, Madison reported.

Intel Core i5 chips have at most, 4 cores but don't support hyperthreading. Ryzen 5 chips therefore have the upper hand in multithreaded performance similar to the Ryzen 7.

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