AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Comparison
Intel Core i7-4930K testing with a ASUS P9X79 and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AMD 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: 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: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20161229, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

2500K - 4.2Ghz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 165GB Western Digital WD1600YD-01N, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PX2710MW + L70N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.9.11-1-4.9.11-ABS (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.6.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0 Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 3200x1080

i5 2500k 3.6 GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 5.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 240GB KINGSTON SUV400S, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: 248CLH + SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.1-041001-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2944x1080

i7 620M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 620M @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB (135/135MHz), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Apple Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-64-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.101, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900

gauss: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4930K @ 4.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P9X79, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD2000FYYZ-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.9.11-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109 + Clang 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 240 |======================================================
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 192 |===========================================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 162 |====================================
i7 620M ........... 102 |=======================
gauss ............. 178 |========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 248 |======================================================
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 201 |============================================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 171 |=====================================
i7 620M ........... 119 |==========================
gauss ............. 190 |=========================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 80.91  |===========
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 188.74 |==========================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 172.24 |========================
i7 620M ........... 373.63 |===================================================
gauss ............. 104.47 |==============


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 8.18  |=======
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 28.21 |=======================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 33.79 |===========================
i7 620M ........... 64.22 |====================================================
gauss ............. 16.68 |==============


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 5.34  |===========================
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 7.09  |====================================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 8.48  |===========================================
i7 620M ........... 10.33 |====================================================
gauss ............. 6.74  |==================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 1139.47 |==================================================
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 521.77  |=======================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 447.27  |====================
i7 620M ........... 143.13  |======
gauss ............. 942.73  |=========================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X . 177.16 |===================================================
2500K - 4.2Ghz .... 148.63 |===========================================
i5 2500k 3.6 GHz .. 121.66 |===================================
i7 620M ........... 111.57 |================================
gauss ............. 159.37 |==============================================