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AMD: Zen Outperforms Intel's Broadwell-E CPUs – Microrchitecture Detailed
- gbrown_ 10y agoThere's a click bait title if ever I saw one. A single benchmark is run without numbers and the AMD part only completes just ahead of the Intel part (which is down clocked by 200Mhz). Not got anything against AMD, just the title. Really hoping Zen puts some competition into the marketplace.
- mrb 10y agoWhat is significant is that an AMD processor manages to outperform a top-of-the-line Intel processor, both having 8 cores running at 3 GHz. Said Intel processor (i7-6900K) sells for $1090... This is something AMD has not managed to do in years. I agree the title is click-baity but this is a significant development. The big unknown though is... did AMD cherry-pick a benchmark to show themselves in the best possible light, or did they pick a benchmark representative of the overall Zen vs Intel perf difference?
- mrb 10y agoAnd the second big unknown is pricing. It doesn't matter if the 3 GHz Zen only "slightly" beats a 3 GHz Broadwell-E. If it is cheaper and/or more power efficient, then Zen is a winner.
- nisa 10y agoIt's Blender CPU rendering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-5NM6cO8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-5NM6cO8g If true this is quite an accomplishment. Blender is FPU heavy.
- lione 10y agoThis article really should have gone through spell check or been proofread, re: "have to say? to summarize it", "oine", "compatibel", possibly more. Still, interesting that Zen is performing well.
- pixel_fcker 10y agoWould love to see how it fares with a proper production renderer like Arnold that will saturate your logical cores effectively. How much is this going to cost? And what other core configurations will be available? It's undoubtedly a cherry-picked benchmark but if they can offer similar performance for less money then this could be great.