What is probably one of the biggest leaks of this year has just occurred. A review that was apparently published (in paper form) before the NDA lifted has leaked out from a trusted French PC hardware guru and reveals real-world performance testing of the Zen based Ryzen processor. The clocks of the Ryzen CPU used in this testing are the same as all the leaks we have seen so far, namely an all core turbo of 3.3 GHz (with a base clock of 3.15 GHz) although Lisa Su has stated in the New Horizons event that the final clocks will be 3.4 GHz+.
CPCHardware, short for Canard PC Hardware is a well-known PC magazine from France that has been in print since 2001. The review in question was conducted by the hardware guru Doc Teraboule, and gives a basic summary of the Ryzen processor. Before we begin, I would like to mention that the identifying code of the processor is AMD 2D3151A2M88E and the chip is not mentioned by its new marketing name. The following clock speed information is given about the CPU used for testing:
- Base clock : 3.15 GHz
- Turbo all-core : 3.3 GHz
- Turbo one-core : 3.5 GHz
This shows that the review was probably conducted before the Ryzen event and the chip used is an engineering sample sent out to the press to test under NDA. Lisa Su has however, previously stated that the base clock of the final chip will be 3.4 GHz. I have talked a little about the impact of the reduced clock speed below, but otherwise, these benchmarks are a perfect reference point of Ryzen performance numbers. AMD usually makes sure that any outdated engineering samples are replaced before the reviews go live. Without any further ado, let’s dig into the review:
The first portion of the aggregate benchmarks focuses on rendering programs, which can fully utilize the compute of a processor.
In the first portion of the aggregate benchmarks, we get to look at mostly render programs. The reason for this is simple, a rendering program is usually fairly well optimized to take advantage of not only every thread available to the program but also utilize all the resources of the processor effectively. In essence, render engines are able to squeeze every last drop of performance that you can hope to get in real-world applications. The following programs were tested:
- Encodage HB H.264 & H.265
- WPrime
- PovRay 3.7
- Blender 3D
- 3DSMax 2015 / Mental Ray
- Corona Benchmark
The AMD Ryzen CPU here performs remarkably well. In fact, it is able to beat the six-core HEDT Intel Core i7-6800K, which has a price tag of $434. It falls short of the Core i7-6900K by a significant margin but this isn’t something that is in any way less impressive – considering the 6900K has an MSRP well over the $1000 mark. Remarkably, the AMD Ryzen processor features an aggregate improvement of a full 60% over the FX-8370 which is the last generation of AMD’s 8-core lineup.
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