The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review: Twelve Threads vs Four at $250
by Ian Cutress on April 11, 2017 9:00 AM ESTBenchmarking Performance: CPU Web Tests
One of the issues when running web-based tests is the nature of modern browsers to automatically install updates. This means any sustained period of benchmarking will invariably fall foul of the 'it's updated beyond the state of comparison' rule, especially when browsers will update if you give them half a second to think about it. Despite this, we were able to find a series of commands to create an un-updatable version of Chrome 56 for our 2017 test suite. While this means we might not be on the bleeding edge of the latest browser, it makes the scores between CPUs comparable.
SunSpider 1.0.2 [link]
The oldest web-based benchmark in this portion of our test is SunSpider. This is a very basic javascript algorithm tool, and ends up being more a measure of IPC and latency than anything else, with most high performance CPUs scoring around about the same. The basic test is looped 10 times and the average taken. We run the basic test 4 times.
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 [link]
Kraken is another Javascript based benchmark, using the same test harness as SunSpider, but focusing on more stringent real-world use cases and libraries, such as audio processing and image filters. Again, the basic test is looped ten times, and we run the basic test four times.
Google Octane 2.0 [link]
Along with Mozilla, as Google is a major browser developer, having peak JS performance is typically a critical asset when comparing against the other OS developers. In the same way that SunSpider is a very early JS benchmark, and Kraken is a bit newer, Octane aims to be more relevant to real workloads, especially in power constrained devices such as smartphones and tablets.
WebXPRT 2013 and 2015 [link]
While the previous three benchmarks do calculations in the background and represent a score, WebXPRT is designed to be a better interpretation of visual workloads that a professional user might have, such as browser based applications, graphing, image editing, sort/analysis, scientific analysis and financial tools. Web2013 is the older tool, superceded by Web2015, however both still are highly relevant for high-performance web applications today.
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cheshirster - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
Most gaming tests age GPU bound.In rendering OC won't help K to win.
And there is R5 1600 for 220$ that can work at 1600X+ level.
none12345 - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
This is by far the most comprehensive ryzen article ive sene to date since the release over a month ago.Variety of single threaded workloads, multithreaded workloads, and games with multiple graphics cards from multiple vendors at multiple resolutions.
Thank you.
Finally a real world gaming review on ryzen with multiple resolutions on multiple gpus from multiple vendors.
Ive been waiting for a review like this for the last 5 weeks.
krumme - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
Yep. Good job at the game bm. Actually usable numbers. 99% and time under 30 fps. Thanx.Keep up the good work.
Meteor2 - Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - link
Yes, it's an excellent set of benchmarks and review.Notmyusualid - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - link
Good work of missing out the 7600k results..mmegibb - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
Yes, couldn't agree more. When I think back many years, I'm amazed at the number of quality reviews I've read at Anandtech.lilmoe - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
So, unless you're a gamer AND you have a 120hz monitor, Ryzen 5 literally butchers the Core i5.It's also very interesting that there's barely any gap in single threaded performance in javascript. I don't believe Intel has an IPC advantage in non-encoding workloads, it's more like all in software. Software that needs optimization and things should be ironed out in the near future.
Now, all we just need is Apple and other OEMs to jump ship. It was a good ride, Intel. Good riddance.
mmegibb - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
Wow! I can't wait to get my hands on a 1600x and watch it grow arms and chop an Intel processor to bits right before my eyes.th3ron - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
Console emulation is another area where Intel's ipc is well known. Just check the PCSX2 and RPCS3 forums.Fanboy fantasies don't replace facts.
Haawser - Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - link
R5 1600- Best VFM processor since the i5-2500K.$219 for 6C/12T, with a Wraith Spire thrown in ? Easy OC to 3.9-4.0 ? You can't beat that with a stick. Let alone with anything Intel sell for a similar price.