Encoding AMD Ryzen Linux Intel Core i5-4690K testing with a ASRock Z87 Pro4 and Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 380X / R9 M295X 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core: 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: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20161229, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz: Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 2 x 5001GB Seagate ST5000DM000-1FK1 + 250GB CT250BX100SSD1 + 2000GB Expansion Desk, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 380X / R9 M295X 4096MB, Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: LG Ultra HD + SMBX2450L, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 Intel Core i5-4690K@4.2GHz: Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 2 x 5001GB Seagate ST5000DM000-1FK1 + 250GB CT250BX100SSD1 + 2000GB Expansion Desk, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 380X / R9 M295X 4096MB, Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: LG Ultra HD + SMBX2450L, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.6.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core . 1.06 |====================================== Intel Core i5-4690K@4.2GHz ... 1.16 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core . 5.71 |========================================== Intel Core i5-4690K@4.2GHz ... 5.21 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core . 9.80 |========================================== Intel Core i5-4690K@4.2GHz ... 9.21 |======================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core . 13.66 |========================================= Intel Core i5-4690K@4.2GHz ... 10.74 |================================