Ryzen7_vs_i7_6900K_BlenderDarktable Intel Core i7-6900K testing with a ASUS X99-A II and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ryzen7@3,8GHz: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (33/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7_6900K@4,0GHz: Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 15.09 |====================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 8.86 |================================ Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 7.89 |======================================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 6.06 |========================================== Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 6.41 |======================================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 4.52 |======================================= Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 338.92 |===================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 226.57 |=================================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 890.00 |===================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 539.17 |================================ Blender 2.78a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 679.01 |===================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 483.28 |====================================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz ... 1340.10 |==================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz . 927.70 |====================================