old gpu vs new AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core testing with a ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. GTX 660Ti: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB (967/3004MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: GRUNDIG WUXGA + ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.18.7-2-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150204, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 GTX 970: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (405/324MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: GRUNDIG WUXGA + ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.18.7-2-ck (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150204, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 GTX 970 with 352.09: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.0.4-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.8.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.09, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 sterky - GTX 560 Ti asus: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (822/2004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.1.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.30, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0 + Clang 3.6.2 + LLVM 3.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3520x1200 GTX 1070 EVGA SC - sterky: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-00000, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1592/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ROG PG279Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.7.0-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.14.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + Clang 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1440 GTX 1070 EVGA SC - xpander: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD9x0/RX980, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (415/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.8.12-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.16.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.24, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1700X: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X370-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1ER1 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1607/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.16.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1800X - sterky: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-00000, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1603/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ROG PG279Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.16.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 660Ti ............................... 31.14 |======= GTX 970 ................................. 74.50 |================ GTX 970 with 352.09 ..................... 81.35 |================= sterky - GTX 560 Ti asus ................ 26.03 |====== GTX 1070 EVGA SC - sterky ............... 127.35 |=========================== GTX 1070 EVGA SC - xpander .............. 117.11 |========================= EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1700X .......... 129.48 |=========================== EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1800X - sterky . 137.10 |============================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 660Ti ............................... 49.01 |============= GTX 970 ................................. 71.68 |================== GTX 970 with 352.09 ..................... 72.72 |=================== sterky - GTX 560 Ti asus ................ 30.17 |======== GTX 1070 EVGA SC - sterky ............... 80.65 |===================== GTX 1070 EVGA SC - xpander .............. 72.84 |=================== EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1700X .......... 100.71 |========================== EVGA GTX 1070 /w Ryzen 7 1800X - sterky . 112.96 |=============================