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Best Bench: 81% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 59% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 422^nd / 1442

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 67%

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Best Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 331^st / 1442

Gaming 73%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 66%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		69 %			73.3 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review		7 %	Hitm2 4%, FarC5 11%, StrangeB 4%, TWarW2 10%, SotTR 5%, ACO 3%, MetroEx 9%, MESoW 11%, Divis2 4%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	Civ6 2%, ACO 0%	5 %	FarC5 12%, BFV 6%, SotTR 3%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 1%, MetroEx 11%, Sekiro 12%, Wolf2 4%
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...		12 %	Hitm2 10%, TWarW2 20%, GTAV 13%, SotTR 6%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	70 Pts		76.6 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +9%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	96.7 Pts		108 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +12%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	190 Pts		210 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +11%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	366 Pts		377 Pts	+3%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	640 Pts	+3%	621 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	78.8 Pts		83.8 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	116 Pts		118 Pts	+2%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	233 Pts	+0%	232 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	456 Pts	+2%	446 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	798 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +18%	676 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.09 %	0.47 %	Hugely higher market share. +422%
Value Value For Money	76.1 %	86.1 %	Better value. +13%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	76 %	More popular. +10%
Price Price (score)	$195	$155	Cheaper. +21%


Age Newest	85 Months		72 Months	More recent. +15%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts		65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Much higher thread count. +33%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +13%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		3.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1178 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +33%	889 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	980 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +22%	800 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen	Zen+
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is the least powerful of three new Ryzen 7 CPUs. The 1700 model has base and turbo clocks of 3.0 and 3.7 GHz respectively. Both of its more expensive siblings, the 1700X and 1800X, have higher clocks but they also have TDPs of 95 watts whereas the 1700 is rated at just 65 watts. Comparing IPC between Ryzen and Kaby Lake shows that Kaby Lake leads by a maximum of 9% which is great news for workstation users as this allows the 1700 to beat Intel's 6850K in multi-core workloads at almost half the price. Although the 1700 has great IPC it's somewhat limited by its relatively low (by Kaby Lake standards) clock speed which holds it back a little in both gaming and desktop workloads. For multi-core workstation use, the Ryzen 7 1700 represents the best value for money we have ever seen. ^{[Mar '17 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 2600, from AMD’s second generation (Zen+) of high-end desktop Ryzen processors, supersedes the first generation Ryzen 5 1600. The newer generation sees a lithography reduction from 14nm to 12nm, but no increase in the number of cores and threads (6 and 12 respectively) over the ground-breaking first generation which continues to surpass similarly priced Intel CPUs in terms of multi-core performance. In other words, progress between generations is predominantly driven by power efficiency and therefore higher attainable clock speeds. The 2600 appears to have a stock base/boost clock of 3.4 / 3.9 GHz compared to the 1600’s 3.2 / 3.6 GHz which is expected to result in a modest increase in effective speed that said, early benchmarks are inconclusive. Included in the expected retail price of about $200 is a Wraith Stealth cooler, so the 2600, like the 1600 before it, represents great value for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. Even though the 2600 is plausible for multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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