News China's Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU doubles performance of prior-gen chip, still trails 6-year-old AMD and Intel processors

[Admin]

A Geekbench 6 result for Zhaoxin's KX-7000 shows that the new China CPU obliterates even the fastest KX-6000 CPU.

China's Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU doubles performance of prior-gen chip, still trails 6-year-old AMD and Intel processors : Read more

 

[JamesJones44]

The single core scores are more inline with low end Haswell and Bulldozer based CPUs from 10 years ago.

 

[nookoool]

Anyone know the backstory of their license? Do they have a perpetual license for x86 or some restriction that they can only be sold in x countries??

 

[artk2219]

The single core scores are more inline with low end Haswell and Bulldozer based CPUs from 10 years ago.

Yep, right between Ivy Bridge and Haswell in single threaded performance (closer to haswell), and slightly better than haswell in multicore performance. That is definitely a usable CPU, its not some amazing firebreathing monster, but its perfectly fine for general usage and low end gaming. Id love to see its power usage measurements to get an idea of its efficiency.

 

[artk2219]

Anyone know the backstory of their license? Do they have a perpetual license for x86 or some restriction that they can only be sold in x countries??

If I remember correctly it comes from VIA since they are co-owners of Zhaoxin. Intel probably doesn't want to rock that boat since I'm pretty sure they're using some of VIA's IP in their products, causing both of them pain if they ever decided to go down that road. Its the same reason they would never go after AMD's x86 license, they would lose the 64 bit extensions for x86, which would not be fun in a 64 bit world. Isn't mutually assured destruction a wonderful thing?

 

[Rabbit_AF]

System
Centaur Technology CHA001 MB
CentaurHauls 2500 MHz (8 cores)
UploadedSep 26, 2023
Rabbit_AF
PlatformWindows
Single-Core Score790
Multi-Core Score3560

Not too far off my Centaur Technology CHA CPU. Zhaoxin has a CPUID software and it identifies my CPU as a ZX-F. I have 2 of these Motherboards and CPUs, but have yet to test one.