Ryzen Comparison
Intel Core i5-6200U testing with a HP 81A0 v48.52 and Intel HD 520 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB on elementary 0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AMD Ryzen 1800X: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Kingston SHPM228, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: AMD Fiji HDMI/DP, Monitor: X1, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.2 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Lenovo T540p: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4210M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BE00B5MD, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25, Graphics: Intel Haswell Mobile 1536MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: Philips 245P, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.2, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + Clang 3.8.1-12ubuntu1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200

intel i7-965XE: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 965 @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T DELUXE, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAVS-0 + 128GB KINGSTON SV200S3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X 3072MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1989B, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-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 17.0.1- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

HP Spectre: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 81A0 v48.52, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-000H1, Graphics: Intel HD 520 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1000MHz), Audio: Conexant CX8200, Network: Intel Wireless 8260

	OS: elementary 0.4, Kernel: 4.4.0-67-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.2- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 1041.65 |====================================================
Lenovo T540p .... 169.29  |========
intel i7-965XE .. 382.04  |===================
HP Spectre ...... 284.69  |==============


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 451.63 |=====================================================
Lenovo T540p .... 165.90 |===================
intel i7-965XE .. 188.78 |======================
HP Spectre ...... 235.94 |============================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 2525.96 |====================================================
Lenovo T540p .... 726.09  |===============
intel i7-965XE .. 1726.70 |====================================
HP Spectre ...... 406.70  |========


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 26.74 |====================
Lenovo T540p .... 71.14 |======================================================
intel i7-965XE .. 44.12 |=================================
HP Spectre ...... 52.26 |========================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 77.87  |===========
Lenovo T540p .... 389.19 |=====================================================
intel i7-965XE .. 274.49 |=====================================
HP Spectre ...... 298.62 |=========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 8.20  |======
Lenovo T540p .... 56.32 |=============================================
intel i7-965XE .. 42.08 |=================================
HP Spectre ...... 68.28 |======================================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 3709 |=========================================
Lenovo T540p .... 4714 |====================================================
intel i7-965XE .. 4474 |==================================================
HP Spectre ...... 4951 |=======================================================


FFmpeg 2.8.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Ryzen 1800X . 13.61 |==========================================
Lenovo T540p .... 17.65 |======================================================
intel i7-965XE .. 13.26 |=========================================
HP Spectre ...... 16.75 |===================================================