AMD Zen Engineering Sample Benchmarks Leak Out - Summit Ridge CPU Faster Than The Intel Core i5 4670K In AotS Benchmark

Elevation Ridge is AMD'south mainstream desktop platform for x86 Zen processors.

This is the day nosotros take been waiting for. The first verified benchmarks of the upcoming AMD Zen processor have simply leaked out via the Ashes of the Singularity criterion database. This is the first indication of real world performance which does not originate from AMD'south marketing material. That said however, the benchmarks given in this article are that of the Engineering Sample of AMD Zen and Non entirely representative of the final production. As such, the benchmarks only serve to give us a preliminary understanding of what we tin can await from the final product.

Preliminary Zen processor benchmarks are out - show impressive IPC gains over AMD's FX-8350

A few days agone, something remarkable happened. The OPN (Club Office Number) of AMD'due south Zen Engineering Sample leaked out. This was 1D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N. The showtime part of the number indicates the unique identifier of the Zen ES CPU while the 2nd part (32/28) reveals the base clock too as the turbo clock. This ways we are looking at a base clock of 2.viii Ghz and a turbo of 3.2 Ghz. It goes without saying that the frequencies of the engineering sample are probably not final and could get an uplift past the time the product actually hits the shelf.

With this context, we continue on to the main spectacle of today: Zen ES benchmarks. The exact flavor is the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. We can quickly confirm that the benchmarks are indeed of a Zen processor considering:

Information technology lists the OPN Zen has previously been identified with (1D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N),
It lists another OPN that we have yet to place Zen with but appears to be a different revision of the same (2D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N)
So in brusque, we have at to the lowest degree two variants of Zen beingness tested here. I'll refer to them as 1D and 2d.
We tin come across that the contour has previously tested Carrizo engineering samples of AMD - so this isn't a newly minted spoofer profile.

And so without any further ado, here are the benchmarks:

Right of the bat, nosotros can see that the Zen 1D ES sample is performing rather well. Across all four settings, the CPU is able to earn a consistent CPU frame-rate of 58 frames per second. The benchmark in question was conducted with the AMD Radeon RX 480, then it goes without maxim that nosotros cannot brand direct comparisons from merely this benchmark alone. Nosotros can however, compare this setup to similar setups where just the CPU has been replaced (which we have done so down below).

There doesn't seem to be whatever difference at showtime sight betwixt the 1D and 2d variants. They are both purportedly clocked at the same rates and the only difference that nosotros tin can see is the fact that the 2D variant fares much worse in terms of performance. In that location could be multiple reasons for why this is the case. Information technology is possible that this detail variant is really a cut down core and the benchmark is reading information technology incorrectly or even that its simply another revision existence tested that did not like the AotS criterion (or was simply tested earlier beingness optimized). In any example, because of these reasons, I decided to focus on the 1D variant for our comparing.

Zen ES Performance Comparison (AotS Criterion)

Since the Zen benchmark was conducted using an RX 480 graphics card, I was able to find comparable configurations (RX 480 GPU + Standard 1080p Preset) and run into how the CPU compares to other processors of this tier. The first thing you will notice is that the Zen ES variant is clocked pretty depression. This means that the criterion is somewhat skewed right from the offset. I did non bother to adjust the numbers for clock rates because AotS database does not record the exact frequency of the CPU being tested.

Fifty-fifty with a clear clock speed handicap the Zen ES shows impressive operation.

We should all the same be able to get a rough idea of how Zen fares amidst its competitors. The Zen ES sample is immediately faster than most of the competition. Even with a base clock of 2.8 Ghz, we can see that it manages to beat out out the Intel Cadre i5 4670k which has a base clock of 3.4 Ghz. It is a full 38% faster than the AMD FX-8350 and around 10% faster than the i5 4670k. Yet, in its current state, and in this detail benchmark, the Zen ES 1D variant is around 11% slower than the Core i7 4790 (which has a base of operations clock of 3.6 Ghz).

If past the time Zen ships, its clock speeds are similar to that of the FX 8350, it should hands be able to go toe to toe with the Intel'due south i7 offerings (if this benchmark is any indication of how we tin expect operation to scale across other applications). If it is able to achieve a clock speed of 4.0 Ghz, which is a 25% increment over the current clocks, it should be able to easily out perform Intel's i7 CPUs (the i7 4790 in this example). Co-ordinate to recent updates from AMD's Lisa Su - Zen will be shipping in limited quantities by year terminate, with total market place availability in 2022. With that, this particular write up comes to a close. I have included screenshots of all the benchmarks used in this article, including the 2nd variant and the processors used for comparison.

[Update: the tester has pulled all the Zen ES benchmarks form the online database so please refer to the screenshots posted in the gallery to a higher place] All the benchmarks used in this article tin be freely accessed by the links given below:

Zen ES (Variant 1D):