AMD Ryzen Benchmarks: Ryzen 7 1700X Beats Core i7 6800K in 9 out of 13 Games Tested
An early Chinese review of AMD’s Ryzen 7 1700X has hit the web. The review pits AMD’s next-gen CPU against its Intel’s price equivalent counterpart, the Core i7 6800K, in 13 different games as well as includes the very first power consumption figures for Ryzen.
The Ryzen 7 1700X benchmarks showcase the $399 CPU outperforming $420 direct competitor, whilst offering two more cores, four more threads, higher clock speeds and a lower TDP. This is pretty impressive isn’t it?
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Before we move to the performance figures, I want to mention that these results are by no means official as the embargo on reviews hasn’t been lifted yet.
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7 6800K Tested in 13 Games
The test results are in Chinese, but we’ve translated (thanks to VCZ) and compiled these in a separate table. First, here’s system specs used to carry out tests:
- RX 480 8G,
- Intel Core i7 6800K
ASUS STRIX X99 GAMING
16GB DDR4-2400, - AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
ASUS PRIME X370-PRO
16GB DDR4-2133, - Win10 64bit,
- Crimson 17.2.1 drivers (Shared)
Below is the list of tests in order:
– 3DMark Firestrike physics
– 3DMark11 physics
– Ludashi 5.15 CPU
– Ludashi 5.15 GPU
– Ludashi 5.15 Mem
– Ludashi 5.15 Disk
– Blender 2.78A
– 7-zip 15.05beta 1min
– LuxMark3.1 CPU OpenCL
– FritzChessbenchmark
– CinebenchR15 ST
– CinebenchR15 MT
The Ryzen 7 1700X beat the i7 6800K in 9 out of 13 games tested. The Zen based SKU couldn’t outpace its rival in Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty Infinite Warfare, while in other two games it did output higher average frame rates but lower minimum rates.
| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | Intel Core i7 6800K | 1700X Lead in % |
| Platform Power – CPU only / full load | 123W | 126.87W | 3.15% |
| Platform Power – Standby | 62.77W | 98.74W | 57.30% |
| Platform Power – Gaming (CPU + GPU) | 154.66W | 194.2W | 25.57% |
| Platform Power – Office/Productivity | 81.55W | 113.5W | 39.8% |
| Ashes Of The Singularity (DX12) avg FPS | 46.8 | 45.3 | 3.31% |
| BF1 avg FPS | 81.75 | 82.15 | -0.49% |
| COD 13 avg FPS | 87.3 | 88.57 | -1.43% |
| CS: GO avg FPS | 297.98 | 284.12 | 4.88% |
| CS: GO min FPS | 289 | 275 | 5.09% |
| Crossfire (Lithtech Engine) 4.1.8 avg FPS | 198 | 197 | 0.51% |
| Crossfire (Lithtech Engine) 4.1.8 min FPS | 189 | 191 | -1.05% |
| Deus Ex Human Divided (DX12) avg | 39.3 | 39 | 0.77% |
| Deus Ex Human Divided (DX12) min | 32.1 | 31.8 | 0.94% |
| Doom (Vulkan) avg | 123 | 122.5 | 0.41% |
| H1Z1 King of the Hill avg | 87.63 | 83.5 | 4.95% |
| H1Z1 King of the Hill min | 75 | 71 | 5.63% |
| Hitman (DX12) avg | 60.2 | 59.05 | 1.95% |
| Tomb Raider DX12 avg | 45.8 | 45.12 | 1.51% |
| Tomb Raider DX12 min | 30.1 | 30.5 | -1.31% |
| Civ 6 avg | 71.52 | 62.1 | 15.17% |
| Civ 6 min | 52.99 | 44 | 20.43% |
| The Division DX 12 avg | 63.9 | 59.6 | 7.21% |
| World of Tanks avg | 117 | 115 | 1.74% |
| World of Tanks min | 107 | 105 | 1.9% |
The 1700X’s lead in gaming benchmarks is indeed great, but what impressed us more is the noticeable gap in TDPs with the CPU delivering more performance at 25-30% less power. Let’s hope we see similar benchmark results when official reviews surface on March 2nd.
AMD will start selling its new Ryzen 7 processors in early March. The first Ryzen shipment batch would entail over one million processors. The release includes three models, the Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X and 1700, priced at US$499, US$399 and US$329, respectively.
| AMD Ryzen CPU Model | Cores/Threads | Base Clock | Boost Clock | L3 Cache | TDP | Socket | Price |
| Ryzen 7 1800X | 8/16 | 3.6 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 16 MB | 95W-SR3+ | AM4 | $499 US |
| Ryzen 7 1700X | 8/16 | 3.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz | 16 MB | 95W-SR3+ | AM4 | $399 US |
| Ryzen 7 1700 | 8/16 | 3.0 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 16 MB | 65W | AM4 | $329 US |