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I hope people realize these are 1st-generation Zen CPUs that are Not Very Fast(tm), not the respectable Zen2 parts you've been reading good things about. AMD's

I hope people realize these are 1st-generation Zen CPUs that are Not Very Fast(tm), not the respectable Zen2 parts you've been reading good things about. AMD's marketing is very confusing right now. There are not any Zen2 APUs.

neogodless 7y ago
So it looks like the pricing for the higher end version is around $775 USD. Here's a comparison of a high-end Intel NUC CPU https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Core-i7-8559U-vs-AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B/3302vs3331 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Core-i7-8559U-vs-... This might be a better comparison - from a $750 Intel NUC https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8265U/3331vs3323 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V160... Would have to look closer at the other attributes of each NUC to make a really good determination, but the Intel chips look to be higher performers, if not by a wide margin. EDIT: My bad - didn't read the above article closely enough. The Sequoia v8 comes with a Ryzen V1807B (not a V1605B) as found in my comparisons above. See the reply below for better links.
- zonidjan 7y ago
  Pricing for the v8 is identical to the NUC7i7DN. v6 is identical to NUC7i5DN. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1807B-vs-Intel-i7-8650U/3310vs3070 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V180... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B-vs-Intel-i5-7300U/3331vs2955 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V160...
GeorgeWBasic 7y ago
Zen 1s are plenty fast. They're just not as fast as Zen 2s. The first generation 32 core Threadripper was the fastest CPU in the world when it was released, and that wasn't that long ago.
- seminatl 7y ago
  They are not very competitive for the price. They are about 50% slower than same-priced quad core Core i3 CPUs on Chrome Octane 2 benchmarks, 25% slower on video encoding, etc. AMD is free-riding the good reviews of their latest parts by giving these APUs very similar model numbers. In reality these are obsolete parts.

neogodless 7y ago

So it looks like the pricing for the higher end version is around $775 USD. Here's a comparison of a high-end Intel NUC CPU https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Core-i7-8559U-vs-AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B/3302vs3331 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Core-i7-8559U-vs-... This might be a better comparison - from a $750 Intel NUC https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8265U/3331vs3323 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V160... Would have to look closer at the other attributes of each NUC to make a really good determination, but the Intel chips look to be higher performers, if not by a wide margin. EDIT: My bad - didn't read the above article closely enough. The Sequoia v8 comes with a Ryzen V1807B (not a V1605B) as found in my comparisons above. See the reply below for better links.

zonidjan 7y ago
Pricing for the v8 is identical to the NUC7i7DN. v6 is identical to NUC7i5DN. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1807B-vs-Intel-i7-8650U/3310vs3070 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V180... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V1605B-vs-Intel-i5-7300U/3331vs2955 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Embedded-V160...

GeorgeWBasic 7y ago

Zen 1s are plenty fast. They're just not as fast as Zen 2s. The first generation 32 core Threadripper was the fastest CPU in the world when it was released, and that wasn't that long ago.

seminatl 7y ago
They are not very competitive for the price. They are about 50% slower than same-priced quad core Core i3 CPUs on Chrome Octane 2 benchmarks, 25% slower on video encoding, etc. AMD is free-riding the good reviews of their latest parts by giving these APUs very similar model numbers. In reality these are obsolete parts.