By: Riley Roche, Elijah Lee, and Jackson Sheffler
You may have heard of the company Intel. Intel produces computer parts and are one of the largest manufacturing for CPU processors in the world. Recently a company named AMD have released a new processor called AMD Ryzen 7 series which include the 1700 ($329), the 1700X ($399) and the 1800X ($499). AMD, in the past, has only been used for budget computers but now AMD could overtake intel in the medium to high priced processors. Today we will be discussing AMD’s approach and how they are starting to distance themselves from there regularly “budget” CPU’s.
The Ryzen lineup contains three new processors, the 1700, 1700X and 1800X. All three processors outperform the latest Intel lineup. They all pack 8 cores/16 threads, and are all overclockable.
Let’s start with the 1700. The 1700 costs $329, in line with the high-end mainstream processors from Intel. (7700k, 6700k, etc.) In a system with identical specs and dual Titan XPs in SLI to avoid bottlenecks, the 1700 system outperforms the Intel system by 10 frames a second at max settings, 4K in BF1. That’s a substantial increase considering that the only difference in the systems is the CPU. The 1700 loses out in clock speed to the 7700K. The 1700 runs at 3.0 GHz and boosts to 3.7 GHz out of the box. The 7700K starts at 4.0 GHz and boosts to 4.6. For a similar price, the 1700 wins out against the 7700K.
The next processor in the lineup, the 1700X, costs $399 and runs at 3.4 GHz, with boost to 3.8 GHz. In a multitasking demo running Optane, the 1700X wins against the Intel 6800K by around 15 seconds. Not only did AMD win against Intel, but the AMD system had LESS RAM (Intel-32GB/AMD-16AMD). This marks a significant increase in multitasking potential, even with less RAM.
Last, the 1800X. This processor is priced at $499 and starts at 3.6 GHz and boosts to 4.0 GHz. In a R15 Cinebench benchmark, the 1800X scored an impressive 1612, greater than the Intel 6900K, which scored a still impressive 1479. The AMD processor still beats the Intel ones.
AMD’s new processor the AMD 7 Ryzen finally matches up with Intel’s high end processors. Before the launch of Ryzen, AMD was used almost exclusively for budget computers builds. Finally we have a 329$, 399$, and 499$ CPU’s that can give Intel a run for it’s money, literally. The 499$ AM 7 Ryzen 1800X performs higher in Cinebench and AMD’s new multitasking benchmark when compared to Intel’s i7 6900k. AMD was slowly losing ground in the PC market as Intel was slowly expanding their market into budget PC parts market until Ryzen came along. The future of AMD looks great, hopefully they can keep their momentum and hype for Ryzen going with a steady releases of new tech. Intel will also hopefully feel the pressure from AMD for once and we might be able to get a few price wars lowering the price of PC parts for a while. The release of Ryzen may seem unimportant at first, but I’m sure that this will send the PC part community to grow bigger and better with the coming months. Well done AMD, well done.
