News AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Overtakes Higher-Clocked Core i9-7920X for wPrime World Record

[Admin]

Zen 2 is a force to be reckoned with.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Overtakes Higher-Clocked Core i9-7920X for wPrime World Record : Read more

 

[joeblowsmynose]

AMD's SMT works a fair bit better than Intel's hyper-threading ... So I'm guessing that the apparent IPC ratio between the two platforms is somewhat variable - depending on several factors, like how many HW threads are saturated.

 

[PBme]

AMD's SMT works a fair bit better than Intel's hyper-threading ... So I'm guessing that the apparent IPC ratio between the two platforms is somewhat variable - depending on several factors, like how many HW threads are saturated.

Certainly is not 100% clear but there have been a ton of reviews looking at single threaded benchmarks and seeing that at clock for clock, AMD is slightly superior. Doesn't fully make up for the clock speed on core-for-core basis when comparing to things like the 9900ks.

 

[g-unit1111]

Oh man I very badly want a 3900X, I'm probably going to buy an X570 motherboard before Christmas. But now seeing this makes me want one even more!

 

[joeblowsmynose]

Oh man I very badly want a 3900X, I'm probably going to buy an X570 motherboard before Christmas. But now seeing this makes me want one even more!

I know where my Christmas bonus is going ... 3900X . Double the rendering performance of my 1700 - its almost unfathomable ... can't wait.

 

[g-unit1111]

I know where my Christmas bonus is going ... 3900X . Double the rendering performance of my 1700 - its almost unfathomable ... can't wait.

I'd love to get a 3950X but it's a bit too rich for my blood.

 

[joeblowsmynose]

I'd love to get a 3950X but it's a bit too rich for my blood.

Haha ... same. 3900x fits my bang for buck model a bit better. I would have a hard time justifying $1000CAD for any CPU no matter how it performed.

 

[Gadhar]

I was going to get the 3900x at launch, but the supply was non existent when I went to pull the trigger so I "settled" for the 3700x and have not regretted it. Yes my friend who has the 3900x can render a bit faster than I can, but I don't do video editing full time so I am happy.

 

[LordConrad]

Wow! I think i'll be replacing my TR 2950x with a Zen 3 TR when It comes out next year (unless they do another plus version). My 2950x really got whooped by Zen 2, but it's plenty fast for now.

 

[joeblowsmynose]

Wow! I think i'll be replacing my TR 2950x with a Zen 3 TR when It comes out next year (unless they do another plus version). My 2950x really got whooped by Zen 2, but it's plenty fast for now.

No more pluses on the roadmap ... they only did it with Zen1 because they had to cut a few things off thier "wish list" for Zen1, due to timing constraints, so just added them later as a "plus" revision.

Zen3 will have some major architecture overhauls -- it should be interesting to say the least. I don't expect the TR parts out till the very end of the year.