Core i7 7700K vs. Ryzen 7 1800X Linux Power Monitoring AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5 and AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. 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 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 R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Monitor: DELL U3417W, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.11.7-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170621 + Clang 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3440x1440 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 103.17 |=========================================== Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 81.41 |================================== R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 74.84 |=============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 36 AVG: 69 MAX: 78 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 55 AVG: 134 MAX: 158 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 173 MAX: 188 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 16.15 |============================================ Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 8.00 |====================== R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 9.61 |========================== C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 72.0 AVG: 72.5 MAX: 73.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 116 MAX: 129 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 192 AVG: 193 MAX: 194 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 4.39 |================================= Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 5.66 |=========================================== R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 5.93 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 56.0 MAX: 64.0 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 55 AVG: 71 MAX: 81 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 101 AVG: 102 MAX: 102 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 2930.63 |========================================== Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 1110.51 |================ R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 1108.50 |================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 35.88 |======================================================== Ryzen 7 1800X . 11.26 |================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 41.0 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 82 MAX: 84 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 99 MAX: 101 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 4128.24 |========================================== Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 3120.80 |================================ R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 4155.72 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 59.75 |======================================================== Ryzen 7 1800X . 31.96 |============================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 38.8 MAX: 72.0 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 50 AVG: 69 MAX: 92 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 78 AVG: 98 MAX: 125 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 53158.11 |===================================================== Ryzen 7 1800X . 29482.73 |============================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 494.76 |======================================================= Ryzen 7 1800X . 255.70 |============================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 51.1 MAX: 69.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 107 MAX: 121 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 82 AVG: 115 MAX: 124 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 808.70 |============================= Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 1142.07 |========================================= R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 1167.87 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 7.11 |========================================================= Ryzen 7 1800X . 6.92 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 39 AVG: 64 MAX: 79 OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 51 AVG: 114 MAX: 133 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 164 AVG: 165 MAX: 166 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 154.76 |=============================== Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 164.15 |================================= R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 214.09 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 0.85 |========================================================= Ryzen 7 1800X . 0.77 |==================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 35.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 86 AVG: 181 MAX: 200 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 79 AVG: 212 MAX: 228 Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 132.94 |============================ Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 154.49 |================================= R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 204.25 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 0.80 |========================================================= Ryzen 7 1800X . 0.75 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 37.6 MAX: 54.0 Xonotic 0.8.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 60 AVG: 166 MAX: 223 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 104 AVG: 207 MAX: 237 Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K ............. 30.10 |============================================ Ryzen 7 1800X ............. 29.70 |=========================================== R7-1700@OC3800 w/DDR 3200 . 12.50 |================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 0.15 |========================================================= Ryzen 7 1800X . 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 Unigine Superposition 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 7700K . MIN: 59 AVG: 194 MAX: 222 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 80 AVG: 209 MAX: 229 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 7700K . 6146.72 |====================================================== Ryzen 7 1800X . 3921.28 |================================== CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Core i7 7700K . MIN: 30 AVG: 46 MAX: 79 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Core i7 7700K . MIN: 50 AVG: 125 MAX: 223 Ryzen 7 1800X . MIN: 78 AVG: 146 MAX: 237