AMDYD1200BBAEBOX
AMDYD170XBCAEWOF

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 149,998 user samples
83,528 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 37% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 640th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
66,470 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 58% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 380th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
57 % 71 % Faster effective speed.
+25%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
64.8 Pts 70.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90.4 Pts 103 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+14%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
178 Pts 202 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+13%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
281 Pts 386 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+37%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
302 Pts 674 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+123%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
75.5 Pts 79.7 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
111 Pts 116 Pts +5%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
219 Pts 226 Pts +3%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
362 Pts 444 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+23%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
380 Pts 813 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+114%
Market Share
Based on 67,821,316 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.04 % Much higher market share.
+33%
0.03 %
Value
Value For Money
75.5 % 76.6 % +2%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % 70 % More popular.
+15%
Price
Price (score)
$100 Much cheaper.
+53%
$211
Age
Newest
81 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
86 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 16 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+300%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.1 GHz 3.4 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+10%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+12%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
386 Pts 1183 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+206%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
304 Pts 1032 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+239%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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The AMD Ryzen 7 1700X isn't due for release until next week but two of our users have already submitted benchmarks. Comparing the quad and single core scores from our samples shows a relative 4.3% boost on the single core score so it’s possible that turbo wasn’t fully engaged (12% turbo boost expected). These preliminary results are seriously impressive as they put Zen’s IPC between 0% and 9% below Intel’s Kaby Lake. Even in the worst case scenario these results are still impressive. Comparing Intel’s $1,000 6900K and the 1700X shows that AMD delivers comparable performance for half the price! A shake-up of the CPU market will unfold as Zen rolls out. If Ryzen CPUs can overclock to 4.6+ GHz they will likely dominate the entire market putting a very welcome end to the monotonous tick-tock of recent years. [Feb '17 CPUPro]

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