In the world of gaming, there are more players to consider than just game developers and console manufacturers. As AMD is proving once again, desktop processors are an important factor as well and the competition is tough. The company's newest generation, officially called Ryzen, has its eyes set on beating market leader Intel specifically.
As Tech Times has reported, AMD's New Horizon Event just recently concluded. The event was where the company introduced Ryzen, which is based on the Zen architecture and is designed to produce faster performance not just for gamers, but for standard users as well. The company's current line of FX processors is not capable of competing with Intel's products. As such, there is a lot of pressure and high hopes for Ryzen to take back market shares.
"The 'Zen' core at the heart of our Ryzen processors is the result of focused execution and thousands of engineering hours designing and delivering a next-level experience for high-end PC and workstation users," Dr. Lisa Su said at the event. "Ryzen processors with SenseMI technology represent the bold and determined spirit of innovation that drives everything we do at AMD."
At the event, AMD also had a live demonstration of Ryzen, which showed how it could perform while playing video games. The publication noted that the processor performed impressively. Moreover, the demonstration proved that it could handle streaming alongside gaming. This would theoretically mean that individuals would not need two different computers for each activity.
Intel's Core i7-6700K was shown doing the same thing, but it was not that successful. It was reported that the game being streamed was dropping frames every so often. But the AMD Ryzen beats out Intel's line of processors in more ways than just this. The numbers themselves should be enough proof of the same.
As reported by PC World, CineBench measures a CPU's ability to render a 3D scene and multi-threating. Over time, it has become a well-respected way to measure performance. And in AMD's demonstrations of its eight-core Ryzen 7 1700x matched Intel's eight-core i7-6900K. However, there is almost a US$700 difference between them.
What is also worth mentioning is that the Ryzen 7 1700X is not the fastest in the lineup. That title belongs to the Ryzen 7 1800X, which outscores Intel's eight-core CPU, with a CineBench score of 1,601. Moreover, the Ryzen outpaced Intel's chips and ran slightly faster gaming according to Handbrake tests.
But as the publication continued, there is a catch with Ryden. AMD configured two quad-core Intel CPUs in dual-channel mode. In comparison, Intel's Core i7-6900 and i7-6800K both feature quad-channel memory support, which requires four memory modules. It is unclear whether the variances would have made a difference in the tests that AMD featured at their event. But the publication claimed that it is unlikely.
With these test scores and comparisons, it would seem that AMD's Ryzen line is going to be doing better than Intel's i7 processors. But while the company definitely has the numbers to support it, Intel's reputation might be hard to beat out in the end.
