Ryzen 5 Gen 1 vs Ryzen 5 Gen 2

[ArchGamer]

Hey Everyone,

 

After the whole Intel slowdown fiasco I went ahead and bought an Asus A320M motherboard in addition I will eventually buy a GTX 1050. With that in mind, which CPU would be better especially in the long run, The Ryzen 5 1500x or the Ryzen 5 2400G?. In addition to those two CPUs, if I can save enough money would the Ryzen 5 1600 better than the 1500x and 2400G as an alternative?

[Madara Uchiha]

get better  save money for ryzen 5 1600.its better cpu than these two cpu.

[SquintyG33Rs]

many many things wrong with the question...... these are all very different things and are on the border line of not being comparable in this case....

first off 2400G is NOT ryzen 2. it's same old ryzen + vega, number is for SKU differentiation more than anything not actually the architecture generation.

the G products and the "original" no graphics chips don't act the same because they use the infinity fabric in completely different ways

We do not know how much better the actual ryzen refresh will be compared to the current line NOR when it will come. so for that it's easy DON'T WAIT it's too random.

 

so comparatively ryzen 1500X<1600 100%. is it worth it? i mean current games don't take advantage of it all that much but in the future they will (as long as you hit the same clocks and RAM speeds) (edit) you can't OC on your board 1500x is probably going to beat the 1600 in most games.

 

on the other hand the G series don't use the infinity fabric between cores only between the CPU and GPU parts so if you're not using the Vega graphics your ram speed won't matter so much like it does on Ryzen. which can help you save some money in the current market.

 

on the other hand you can't use the board without a GPU with the 1500x or 1600 and if you want to get that later then your only option is the 2400G

[shooter2749]

21 minutes ago, ArchGamer said:

Hey Everyone,

 

After the whole Intel slowdown fiasco I went ahead and bought an Asus A320M motherboard in addition I will eventually buy a GTX 1050. With that in mind, which CPU would be better especially in the long run, The Ryzen 5 1500x or the Ryzen 5 2400G?. In addition to those two CPUs, if I can save enough money would the Ryzen 5 1600 better than the 1500x and 2400G as an alternative?

wait till april and get a r5 2600

[dizmo]

Don't bother with an X chip. XFR won't work on your board. You also can't overclock, which is where Ryzen regains a lot of the ground it loses to Intel. Personally I'd look into getting even a cheaper B350 board. If you don't want to do that, just get one of the non X chips.

 

As others have said, Ryzen 2 isn't out yet.

[LeBigMac506]

If you're going to be gaming, I'd snag a 2200g and then put the savings towards a 1050ti.