Tests for a future article on Phoronix.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1909137-AS-3960XRYZE03
Core i7 3960X vs. AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs. Core i7 8700K
Tests for a future article on Phoronix.
Core i7 3960X:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI (SIX7910J.86A.0494.2012.0424.1039 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4GB, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel 82574L
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Ryzen 5 2600X:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core @ 3.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING M7 AC (MS-7B77) v1.0 (1.B2 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4GB, Audio: AMD Cape Verde/Pitcairn, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 + Intel 8265 / 8275
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Ryzen 5 3600X:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING M7 AC (MS-7B77) v1.0 (1.B2 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4GB, Audio: AMD Cape Verde/Pitcairn, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 + Intel 8265 / 8275
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 8700K:
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 12385.75 |=================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 26111.05 |====================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 37970.58 |=====================================================
Core i7 8700K . 31914.46 |=============================================
Blender 2.79a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 706.22 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 310.12 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 264.54 |=====================
Core i7 8700K . 272.56 |=====================
Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03
Mode: CPU
Ksamples > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 3517 |=================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 8867 |============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 10642 |=====================================================
Core i7 8700K . 11308 |========================================================
ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 1103 |=========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 180 |=========
Ryzen 5 3600X . 167 |=========
Core i7 8700K . 913 |===============================================
DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: H2
msec < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 5584 |=========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 3816 |=======================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 2714 |============================
Core i7 8700K . 2851 |=============================
DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Jython
msec < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 10606 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 5432 |=============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 4190 |======================
Core i7 8700K . 3371 |==================
DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Tradebeans
msec < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 10943 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 4984 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 3087 |================
Core i7 8700K . 2805 |==============
Darktable 2.4.2
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 23.93 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 13.27 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12.46 |=============================
Core i7 8700K . 13.85 |================================
Darktable 2.4.2
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 14.07 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 7.97 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 6.77 |===========================
Core i7 8700K . 6.52 |==========================
Darktable 2.4.2
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 11.30 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 5.03 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 4.69 |=======================
Core i7 8700K . 4.80 |========================
Darktable 2.4.2
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 0.39 |=========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 0.22 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 0.21 |===============================
Core i7 8700K . 0.19 |============================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Connections/s - Threads: 1
Connections/sec > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 6302 |================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 12477 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 22592 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 19497 |================================================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 55.22 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 16.60 |=================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12.17 |============
Core i7 8700K . 10.04 |==========
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 16
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 55.20 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 17.19 |=================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12.15 |============
Core i7 8700K . 10.01 |==========
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 76.17 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 38.25 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 30.87 |=======================
Core i7 8700K . 28.37 |=====================
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 17.92 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 7.33 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 5.50 |=================
Core i7 8700K . 6.40 |====================
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: rotate
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 41.11 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 16.54 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 13.28 |==================
Core i7 8700K . 15.14 |=====================
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 36.05 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 15.86 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12.74 |====================
Core i7 8700K . 13.95 |======================
GNU Octave Benchmark 4.2.2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 17.96 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 9.11 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 8.26 |==========================
Core i7 8700K . 7.28 |=======================
Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 35718599058 |==================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 16257025105 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12405891598 |=================
Core i7 8700K . 11705159975 |================
Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 18107584 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 8580706 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 7723309 |=======================
Core i7 8700K . 7316723 |=====================
Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 3656071 |======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 1870500 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 1637514 |========================
Core i7 8700K . 1504492 |======================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 49 |=================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 147 |====================================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 164 |==========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 163 |==========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 111 |========================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 241 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 256 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 264 |==========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 57 |==========================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 121 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 128 |==========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 126 |=========================================================
Hackbench
Count: 8 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 75.70 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 22.48 |=================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 19.53 |==============
Core i7 8700K . 30.51 |=======================
Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 149.58 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 48.43 |==================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 40.90 |===============
Core i7 8700K . 59.87 |======================
IndigoBench 4.0.64
Scene: Supercar
M samples/s > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 0.94 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 1.87 |=============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 2.24 |======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 2.38 |=========================================================
IndigoBench 4.0.64
Scene: Bedroom
M samples/s > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 0.43 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 0.87 |===============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 1.05 |=========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 1.02 |=======================================================
Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Get
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 31018.83 |===========
Ryzen 5 2600X . 70696.30 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 89666.30 |=================================
Core i7 8700K . 142399.47 |====================================================
Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Set
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 20220.25 |=============
Ryzen 5 2600X . 46302.80 |==============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 70814.79 |===============================================
Core i7 8700K . 80473.33 |=====================================================
Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Delete
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 30647.04 |===========
Ryzen 5 2600X . 71325.20 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 89224.67 |=================================
Core i7 8700K . 141600.43 |====================================================
NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 10505.26 |=============
Ryzen 5 2600X . 33523.33 |==========================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 42426.09 |=====================================================
Core i7 8700K . 42424.71 |=====================================================
Node.js Express HTTP Load Test
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 2831 |==============
Ryzen 5 2600X . 7640 |======================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 11147 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 10209 |===================================================
Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 0.32326695 |===================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 0.14825815 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 0.11744902 |===================
Core i7 8700K . 0.09999305 |================
Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 0.00176760 |===================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 0.00115559 |=================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 0.00062107 |==================
Core i7 8700K . 0.00077990 |=======================
PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 235105 |=================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 507117 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 625727 |=============================================
Core i7 8700K . 758293 |=======================================================
PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 2660 |=========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 1189 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 999 |=====================
Core i7 8700K . 900 |===================
Redis 4.0.8
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 234468.32 |======
Ryzen 5 2600X . 1526561.00 |====================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 1817129.83 |===========================================
Core i7 8700K . 2171453.13 |===================================================
Redis 4.0.8
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 254684.73 |====
Ryzen 5 2600X . 2018975.29 |==================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 2417559.92 |=========================================
Core i7 8700K . 3010738.02 |===================================================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 21180.91 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 13173.62 |=================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 10946.43 |===========================
Core i7 8700K . 9209.69 |=======================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Savina Reactors.IO
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 40122.91 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 20878.29 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 17676.76 |=======================
Core i7 8700K . 18324.20 |========================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Apache Spark ALS
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 11065.18 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 6388.00 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 5109.84 |========================
Core i7 8700K . 4776.16 |=======================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Apache Spark Bayes
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 11543.53 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 6933.28 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 6026.75 |============================
Core i7 8700K . 5269.47 |========================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Apache Spark PageRank
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 43125.40 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 23788.07 |=============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 19969.75 |=========================
Core i7 8700K . 17738.32 |======================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: In-Memory Database Shootout
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 11561.01 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 6759.95 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 5639.99 |==========================
Core i7 8700K . 4868.02 |======================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Scala Dotty
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 15878.29 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 7533.29 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 5574.89 |===================
Core i7 8700K . 5603.04 |===================
Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Twitter Finagle
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 13352.21 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 7165.98 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 5309.06 |=====================
Core i7 8700K . 5113.37 |====================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 78.27 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 32.85 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 27.89 |====================
Core i7 8700K . 28.33 |====================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 256.01 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 112.96 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 99.54 |=====================
Core i7 8700K . 97.38 |=====================
Scikit-Learn 0.17.1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 28.57 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 16.30 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 12.08 |========================
Core i7 8700K . 11.92 |=======================
Selenium
Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 55.98 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 24.21 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 18.95 |===================
Core i7 8700K . 24.96 |=========================
Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 40.96 |================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 103.00 |=========================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 138.77 |=======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 104.00 |=========================================
Selenium
Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 16312 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 40752 |===============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 48684 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 41928 |================================================
Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome
Score > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 80.45 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 190.79 |==============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 228.55 |=======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 195.61 |===============================================
Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome
Score > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 53.22 |====================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 116.81 |============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 147.69 |=======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 114.98 |===========================================
Sockperf 3.4
Test: Latency Ping Pong
usec < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 11.55 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 4.00 |===================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 2.90 |==============
Core i7 8700K . 2.96 |==============
Sockperf 3.4
Test: Throughput
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 193433 |================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 572717 |===============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 670089 |=======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 545351 |=============================================
Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 8516068 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 17360107 |===============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 19687342 |=====================================================
Core i7 8700K . 19547169 |=====================================================
SVT-AV1 0.5
1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 1.92 |====
Ryzen 5 2600X . 18.51 |=======================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 26.47 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 25.46 |======================================================
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 48.30 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 25.00 |=============================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 18.31 |=====================
Core i7 8700K . 18.97 |======================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 247.25 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 110.49 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 83.51 |===================
Core i7 8700K . 89.90 |====================
Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 1483.97 |======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 716.83 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 521.81 |===================
Core i7 8700K . 538.02 |====================
Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 140.81 |=======================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 70.20 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 50.18 |====================
Core i7 8700K . 52.46 |====================
x264 2018-09-25
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 26.15 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 61.11 |============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 78.25 |========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 73.39 |=====================================================
XZ Compression 5.2.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 63.35 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 51.70 |==============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 42.61 |======================================
Core i7 8700K . 34.84 |===============================
Zstd Compression 1.3.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 40.00 |========================================================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 37.77 |=====================================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 29.16 |=========================================
Core i7 8700K . 25.75 |====================================
Geometric Mean Of All Test Results
Result Composite - Core i7 3960X vs. AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs. Core i7 8700K
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Core i7 3960X . 5.005 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X . 11.552 |============================================
Ryzen 5 3600X . 14.518 |=======================================================
Core i7 8700K . 14.271 |======================================================
Number Of First Place Finishes
Wins - 67 Tests
Wins
Ryzen 5 3600X . 35 |===========================================================
Core i7 8700K . 32 |======================================================