AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Comparison
Intel Xeon X5650 testing with a ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 and ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AMD Ryzen 7 1800X: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: AMD Fiji HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20161229, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Fanfan X5650: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2000GB TOSHIBA HDWD120 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HN-M101M, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Intel Xeon X5650: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2000GB TOSHIBA HDWD120 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HN-M101M, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Fanfan X5650@Stock: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2000GB TOSHIBA HDWD120 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HN-M101M, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2000GB TOSHIBA HDWD120 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HN-M101M, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 110.49 |===============================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 177.16 |=================================================
Fanfan X5650 ........ 110.76 |===============================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 111.45 |===============================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 76.40  |=====================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 125.58 |===================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 1139.47 |==================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 10.15 |===================================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 5.34  |==================
Fanfan X5650 ........ 10.01 |==================================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 10.11 |===================================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 14.51 |==================================================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 9.02  |===============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 20.49 |==================================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 8.18  |==============
Fanfan X5650 ........ 20.54 |==================================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 20.50 |==================================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 30.00 |==================================================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 18.27 |==============================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 158.65 |==================================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 80.91  |=================
Fanfan X5650 ........ 159.55 |==================================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 158.62 |==================================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 228.51 |=================================================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 142.21 |==============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 139 |=============================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 248 |====================================================
Fanfan X5650 ........ 147 |===============================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 146 |===============================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 106 |======================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 170 |====================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 140 |==============================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 99  |=====================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ... 240 |====================================================
Fanfan X5650 ........ 141 |===============================
Intel Xeon X5650 .... 141 |===============================
Fanfan X5650@Stock .. 99  |=====================
Fanfan X5650@4.4Ghz . 159 |==================================