The AMD Ryzen leaks and benchmarks just keep on coming! The latest one is for the 6 core 12 thread 1600X. This is a 95W Black Edition processor with a base clock speed of 3.3GHz and a Turbo clock speed of 3.7GHzand is due to launch on March 2nd at $259.

Unlike the recent highly suspicious alleged Cinebench R15 benchmarks that have popped up on some Chinese PC forums, this new leak has a clearly visibleRyzen processor ID with specs that exactly match that of the Ryzen 5 1600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 95W CPU - Slightly Faster, Significantly More Affordable, Than Intel's 140W i7 6800K

To compare the score of the chip we borrowed the below Cinebench R15 multi-threaded performance graph from Anandtech.com and added the Ryzen 1600X.

Impressively, the 1600X which carries a similar price-tag to the unlocked Kaby Lake Core i5 7600K manages to punch two hundred dollarsabove its weight and slightly outperofrm the much more expensive $430 i7 6800K.This is despite running at 100MHz below theIntel Broadwell-E six core. This suggests that theZen microarchitecture may be a much more formidable IPC contenderthan we previously thought, outperformingBroadwell core for core and clock for clock, at a lowerwattage. Very impressive indeed.

AMD Ryzen Outshining Intel At Every Price Point

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X &1700 - 8 Core, 16 Thread CPUs From $319 To $499

AMD will offer at least three 8-core 16-thread Ryzen CPUs initially. Two 95 watt Black Editions, the 1800X and the 1700X, as well as a 65W 1700 chip. These CPUs perform competitively with Intel's $1000+ 8-core 16-thread i7 6900K and 5960X whilst coming at a half to one third the price.