AMD Ryzen 5 Raphael 7600 OEM (100-000001015)

Low-end processor based on Zen 4 architecture

The Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core mid-range processor built on the progressive Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael, 5 nm) with support for multi-threaded processing, double the L3 cache and the ability to automatically overclock to 5.1 MHz. The 7000 series of Ryzen processors took a big step forward in both the introduction of new technologies and in terms of single-core or gaming performance.

Optimal gaming processor 2023

The junior Ryzen 5 7600 is rightly called in many reviews an ideal tester of the new platform, which looks especially interesting as the brain of a gaming PC. In various tests, depending on the specific game, resolution and graphics settings, the Ryzen 5 7600X provides a performance increase of 30 to 50% compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 5600G. True, it costs noticeably more, so you will have to overpay slightly for the future.

Hot temper

Power consumption and temperature conditions deserve a separate discussion. The fact is that the Ryzen 7000 series chips turned out to be not only damn powerful, but also hot. During the first tests, many gamers shied away from looking at the thermometer and ran to the store for dropsy. As AMD assured, a temperature of 95 °C for the Ryzen 7000 is the norm; all processors will increase frequencies if necessary, remaining within this same 95 °C, regardless of the CO used.

Eco Mode and PBO2 to reduce heat

If this confuses you, then AMD has provided a few tricks. For example, Eco Mode, in which the processor lowers the TDP limit to 65 W, looks like sheer sacrilege on paper. But in reality, it degrades performance by no more than 4%, at the cost of a temperature drop of 8–15 °C. In parallel, you can play with the PBO2 mode, which, with some luck, can simultaneously reduce the average temperature, while at the same time slightly increasing the overall system performance.