Core i7 7700K vs. Ryzen 7 1800X vs. Core i9 7900X Linux Power + Thermal Intel Core i9-7900X testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 7700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 81.41 |=========================================== Core i7 7700K . 103.17 |======================================================= Core i9 7900X . 50.59 |=========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 36.0 AVG: 69.2 MAX: 78.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 69.4 MAX: 93.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 24.0 AVG: 64.2 MAX: 84.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 173 MAX: 188 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 55 AVG: 134 MAX: 158 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 90 AVG: 234 MAX: 307 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 8.00 |============================ Core i7 7700K . 16.15 |======================================================== Core i9 7900X . 6.62 |======================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 5.66 |========================================================= Core i7 7700K . 4.39 |============================================ Core i9 7900X . 4.72 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 1110.51 |==================== Core i7 7700K . 2930.63 |===================================================== Core i9 7900X . 2967.80 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 11.26 |================== Core i7 7700K . 35.88 |======================================================== Core i9 7900X . 25.54 |======================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 40.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 41.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 27.0 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 29.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 29.0 AVG: 30.6 MAX: 32.0 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 99 MAX: 101 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 82 MAX: 84 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 94 AVG: 116 MAX: 119 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 3120.80 |================== Core i7 7700K . 4128.24 |======================== Core i9 7900X . 9194.55 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 31.96 |====================== Core i7 7700K . 59.75 |======================================== Core i9 7900X . 83.17 |======================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 38.8 MAX: 72.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 26.9 MAX: 46.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 25.0 AVG: 30.9 MAX: 52.0 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 78 AVG: 98 MAX: 125 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 50 AVG: 69 MAX: 92 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 89 AVG: 111 MAX: 142 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 29482.73 |============================= Core i7 7700K . 53158.11 |===================================================== Core i9 7900X . 45963.02 |============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 255.70 |============================ Core i7 7700K . 494.76 |======================================================= Core i9 7900X . 380.04 |========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 51.1 MAX: 69.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 27.0 MAX: 29.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 25.0 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 44.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 82 AVG: 115 MAX: 124 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 107 MAX: 121 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 88 AVG: 121 MAX: 128 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 1142.07 |============================== Core i7 7700K . 808.70 |===================== Core i9 7900X . 2075.63 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 6.92 |============================================= Core i7 7700K . 7.11 |============================================== Core i9 7900X . 8.77 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 39 AVG: 64 MAX: 79 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 52 AVG: 75 MAX: 88 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 47 AVG: 71 MAX: 80 OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 164 AVG: 165 MAX: 166 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 114 MAX: 133 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 89 AVG: 237 MAX: 280 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 164.15 |======================================================= Core i7 7700K . 154.76 |==================================================== Core i9 7900X . 151.65 |=================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 0.77 |==================================================== Core i7 7700K . 0.85 |========================================================= Core i9 7900X . 0.72 |================================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 35.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 26.3 MAX: 34.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 26.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 32.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 212 MAX: 228 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 86 AVG: 181 MAX: 200 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 91 AVG: 212 MAX: 229 Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 154.49 |======================================================= Core i7 7700K . 132.94 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X . 153.99 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 0.75 |===================================================== Core i7 7700K . 0.80 |========================================================= Core i9 7900X . 0.74 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 37.6 MAX: 54.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 27.5 MAX: 39.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 27.0 AVG: 28.2 MAX: 38.0 Xonotic 0.8.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 104 AVG: 207 MAX: 237 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 60 AVG: 166 MAX: 223 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 117 AVG: 209 MAX: 249 Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 29.70 |======================================================= Core i7 7700K . 30.10 |======================================================= Core i9 7900X . 30.50 |======================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . 0.14 |===================================================== Core i7 7700K . 0.15 |========================================================= Core i9 7900X . 0.14 |===================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 33.2 MAX: 57.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 23.5 MAX: 25.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 24.0 AVG: 25.3 MAX: 27.0 Unigine Superposition 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 80 AVG: 209 MAX: 229 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 59 AVG: 194 MAX: 222 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 117 AVG: 219 MAX: 240 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Core i7 7700K .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 45.9 MAX: 79.0 Core i9 7900X - i11 .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 34.4 MAX: 93.0 Core i9 7900X - NH-D9L . MIN: 23.0 AVG: 35.2 MAX: 84.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 78 AVG: 146 MAX: 237 Core i7 7700K . MIN: 50 AVG: 125 MAX: 223 Core i9 7900X . MIN: 88 AVG: 167 MAX: 307