Ryzen7_vs_i7_6900K AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core testing with a ASUS PRIME B350M-A (5220 BIOS) and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1261/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (17/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (40/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1: Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2: Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3: Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A (5220 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB + 250GB Portable SSD T5 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL UP2516D, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.4.6-arch3-1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.17.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 + Clang 9.0.0 + CUDA 10.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ryzen9@Stock-1: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A (5220 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL UP2516D, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.4.6-arch3-1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.17.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 + Clang 9.0.0 + CUDA 10.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ...... 8.080 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ...... 7.980 |==================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ...... 7.990 |==================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .... 10.750 |================================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .... 10.520 |=============================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .... 10.520 |=============================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1 . 8.523 |====================================== Ryzen9@Stock-1 ....... 3.561 |================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ...... 1168.27 |================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ...... 1169.80 |================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ...... 1168.67 |================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .... 1428.33 |===================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .... 1454.27 |===================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .... 1456.77 |===================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1 . 1168.50 |================= Ryzen9@Stock-1 ....... 3252.50 |=============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ...... 5.760 |============================================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ...... 5.640 |============================================ Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ...... 5.650 |============================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .... 6.140 |================================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .... 5.520 |============================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .... 5.500 |=========================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1 . 6.216 |================================================= Ryzen9@Stock-1 ....... 4.342 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ...... 201 |===================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ...... 224 |========================================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ...... 223 |========================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .... 195 |==================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .... 232 |=========================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .... 232 |=========================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1 . 204 |====================================== Ryzen9@Stock-1 ....... 277 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ...... 220 |====================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ...... 236 |========================================= Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ...... 237 |========================================= i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 .... 214 |===================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 .... 251 |=========================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 .... 250 |=========================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2019-1 . 214 |===================================== Ryzen9@Stock-1 ....... 295 |=================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 78.72 |==================================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 76.39 |================================================== Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 77.08 |=================================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 70.26 |============================================== i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 66.64 |============================================ i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 66.24 |============================================