Ryzen7_vs_i7_6900K AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core testing with a ASUS PRIME B350M-A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1: 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 (1261/3504MHz), 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 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2: 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 (17/3504MHz), 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 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3: 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 (40/3504MHz), 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-1: 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 i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2: 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 i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3: 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 Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1261/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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: 3840x2160 Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (18/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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 Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1259/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1260/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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 Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (19/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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 Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1258/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.5-1-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 GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 201 |================================ Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 224 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 223 |==================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 195 |=============================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 232 |===================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 232 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 231 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 231 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 226 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 231 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 231 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 220 |================================ Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 236 |=================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 237 |=================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 214 |================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 251 |===================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 250 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 246 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 245 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 239 |=================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 246 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 245 |==================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 78.72 |=================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 76.39 |================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 77.08 |================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 70.26 |=============================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 66.64 |============================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 66.24 |============================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 73.94 |================================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 75.79 |================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 49.36 |====================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 64.70 |============================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 74.90 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 8.08 |========================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 7.98 |========================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 7.99 |========================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 10.75 |=================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 10.52 |================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 10.52 |================================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 7.77 |========================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 7.76 |========================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 7.97 |========================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 7.77 |========================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 7.78 |========================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 5.76 |================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 5.64 |================================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 5.65 |================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 6.14 |==================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 5.52 |================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 5.50 |================================ Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 5.49 |================================ Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 5.51 |================================ Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 5.65 |================================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 5.51 |================================ Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 5.57 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 .................... 1168.27 |========================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 .................... 1169.80 |========================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 .................... 1168.67 |========================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .................. 1428.33 |================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .................. 1454.27 |================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .................. 1456.77 |================================= Ryzen7@3,9GHz-1 .................... 1201.70 |=========================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-2 .................... 1200.83 |=========================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-1 ....... 1170.77 |=========================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@3200MHz-2 ....... 1200.27 |=========================== Ryzen7@3,9GHz-DDR4@2933MHzTimings1 . 1201.27 |===========================