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Ryzen 7 1700X vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 1700X is based on Zen architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700X gets a score of 372.7 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 1700X is 1.8 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
506e8
Core
Summit Ridge
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x64+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
2x8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
56.76k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
372.73k points
211.6k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
1700X
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
13.72k
23.91k (x1.74)
Test#2 (FP)
22.48k
21.03k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.12k
5.05k (x0.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.44k
6.4k (x0.41)
TOTAL
56.76k
56.39k (x0.99)

Multithread

1700X

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
110.92k
95.3k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
200.56k
91.94k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.24k
22.06k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.01k
2.3k (x0.33)
TOTAL
372.73k
211.6k (x0.57)

Performance/W
1700X
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1168 points/W