will the Ryzen 1600 be an upgrade over i5 4690k?

[beni_rohit]

Hey guys
im building my nephew a PC
so i was wondering if i could pass on my i5 4690K to him
and get myself an AMD Ryzen 1600
will that be an upgrade?

I have a GTX 970 which i do not plan on upgrading soon
and i will be getting my nephew a AMD RX 470

so will the Ryzen 1600 be a good choice for my current build?

 

[captaincharisma]

in some ways, yes. but when it comes to performance is isn't because ryzen CPU's are on par with haswell CPU's when it comes to performance

 

[Isokolon]

Depends on optimization.
But the 2 additional cores and hyperthreading will surely provide an edge and it's a newer generation so the difference will widen as time progresses

It depends on the location but where I am the 6GB 1060 is only 50-60bucks more than the rx470
At that minor difference, I'd give your nephew the 970 and get the 1060 for yourself (performance level of a 980)

 

[Ecky]

The i5 will likely clock higher than Ryzen, so at max OC vs max OC, you may lose a bit of single-threaded performance. However, I'd say overall the Ryzen CPU will provide a better experience, even if it doesn't win in everything.

 

[jeffredo]

For gaming, no. For productivity apps, yes.

 

[Makentox]

Depends on optimization.
But the 2 additional cores and hyperthreading will surely provide an edge and it's a newer generation so the difference will widen as time progresses

It depends on the location but where I am the 6GB 1060 is only 50-60bucks more than the rx470
At that minor difference, I'd give your nephew the 970 and get the 1060 for yourself (performance level of a 980)

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[mrobscura]

For gaming, no. For productivity apps, yes.

 

[Gon Freecss]

Pretty much what jeffredo said.

If you need more threads, then you could go for the i7-5775C or the i7-4790K without changing your motherboard/RAM.