Thursday, August 11th 2016
AMD "Summit Ridge" ZEN CPU at 2.80 GHz Beats 3.40 GHz Core i5-4670K
According to performance numbers of an AMD "Summit Ridge" ZEN CPU engineering-sample put out by WCCFTech, AMD's claims of IPC gains are gaining credibility, and showing signs of the gaming PC processor market warming up again. An engineering sample featuring 8 cores and 16 threads (via SMT), beat Intel's Core i5-4670K processor. This sample featured clock speeds of 2.80 GHz, with 3.20 GHz boost.
The "Summit Ridge" sample provided 10 percent higher frame-rates than a Core i5-4670K, in the "Ashes of the Singularity" 1080p benchmark. The chip is still convincingly beaten by 12 percent, by a Core i7-4790 (non-K), running at 3.60 GHz, with 4.00 GHz boost. This shows that AMD could leverage the new 14 nm FinFET process to crank up clock-speeds, and produce SKUs competitive with current Intel "Skylake-D" Core i5 and Core i7 processors.
Source:
WCCFTech
The "Summit Ridge" sample provided 10 percent higher frame-rates than a Core i5-4670K, in the "Ashes of the Singularity" 1080p benchmark. The chip is still convincingly beaten by 12 percent, by a Core i7-4790 (non-K), running at 3.60 GHz, with 4.00 GHz boost. This shows that AMD could leverage the new 14 nm FinFET process to crank up clock-speeds, and produce SKUs competitive with current Intel "Skylake-D" Core i5 and Core i7 processors.
126 Comments on AMD "Summit Ridge" ZEN CPU at 2.80 GHz Beats 3.40 GHz Core i5-4670K
At that point I'll start paying serious attention. AotS is already pretty much abandoned, and its a pretty shitty RTS too.
I'd like to see a firestrike comparison of a range of CPU's.
Sorry, couldn't help it. :D
Beating i5-4670K :
Didn't even beat 8350 :
Note the difference in processor code/product number.
Edit: I do see a (potential) upside in all this: whenever AMD underdelivered, they always kept performance numbers under a tight lid. If they let stuff leak this time, maybe the story is different. Maybe.
i7 4790 is 29% faster frequency, 50% less threads = 11% faster in fps
i5 4670 is 21% faster frequency, 75% less threads = 10% slower in fps
so the frequency isn't relevant, the core count is but the 4 core/thread part is pretty much 10% slower and the 8 thread part is 10% faster. The 8% speed discrepancy between i5 & i7 seems to have little outcome effect. AotS is using threads better but it must tank at some point between 4 - 8 threads.
A better 'leak' would be a down clocked 8 core (16 thread) Sandybridge Enthusiast chip (given how old it is).
Edited for maths......
Wouldn't that mean no threads?
hardforum.com/threads/ashes-of-the-singularity-can-used-up-to-16-threads-with-1-thread-per-core.1892735/
Price is were it's going matter for a lot of people.You could all so look at that as 30 playable and 23fps not playable and some 60 playable and 53 not.
That also highlights how poorly this E.S. of Zen will do in normal benchmarks that can use only 4 cores or less, clock speeds will be their downfall again, they need to ramp them up.