AMD Ryzen benchmark preview: Ryzen 7 outperforms Intel's best
(PCWorld)

AMD´s Ryzen is out to prove that some things aren`t too good to be true. At least that´s what the latest round of benchmarks released from the company appear to prove. At this point, the numbers indicate the underdog company´s new chip will be every bit as impressive as the hype says it is. At a briefing on Tuesday ahead of its Wednesday launch, AMD again showed how its Ryzen chip matches or outperforms Intel´s best and brightest, this time in the popular Maxon CineBench benchmark. CineBench measures a CPU´s ability to render a 3D scene, loves multi-threading, and is generally well-respected as a valid way to measure pure CPU performance. In AMD`s demonstrations, an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 1700X matched Intel´s eight-core Core i7-6900K. The kicker is just how much that Ryzen 7 1700X costs: $399 vs. Intel´s $1,089 Core i7-6900K. Mic drop.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here