Core i7 3960X vs. AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs. Core i7 8700K

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September 11 2019
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September 12 2019
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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 |======================================================