A review posted at SiSoftware website was quickly removed, but here’s a copy of all important bits.
Sorry, no gaming benchmark here.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X & Ryzen 5 2600
The review focuses on R7 2700X vs R7 1700X comparison. The most significant change in the architecture is obviously a new smaller node (12nm vs 14nm), but AMD also brings DDR4-2933 MHz memory support to Ryzen family, which should improve compatibility and overall performance.
The specs chart posted by SiSoftware provides a confirmation to TDP and clocks.
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X & Ryzen 5 2600X | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Specifications | Ryzen 2700X Pinnacle Ridge | Ryzen2 2600 Pinnacle Ridge | Ryzen 1700X Summit Ridge | i7-6700K SkyLake | Original comments by SiSoftware | |
| Memory Speed (MHz) Max | 2400 / 2933 | 2400 / 2933 | 2400 / 2666 | 2533 / 2400 | Ryzen2 how supports up to 2933MHz (officially) which should improve its performance quite a bit – unfortunately fast DDR4 is very expensive right now. | |
| Cores (CU) / Threads (SP) | 8C / 16T | 6C / 12T | 8C / 16T | 4C / 8T | Ryzen2 like its predecessor has the most cores and threads; it thus be down to IPC and clock speeds for performance improvements. | |
| Speed (Min / Max / Turbo) | 2.2-3.7-4.2GHz (22x-37x-42x) [+9% rated, +11% turbo] | 1.55-3.4-3.9GHz (15x-34x-39x) | 2.2-3.3-3.8GHz (22x-34x-38x) | 0.8-4.0-4.2GHz (8x-40x-42x) | Ryzen2 base clock is 9% higher while Turbo/Boost/XFR is 11% higher; we thus expect at least about 10% improvement in CPU benchmarks. | |
| Power (TDP) | 105W | 65W | 95W | 91W | Ryzen2 also increases TDP by 11% (105W vs 95) which may require a bit more cooling especially when overclocking. | |
| L1D / L1I Caches | 8x 32kB 8-way / 8x 64kB 8-way | 6x 32kB 8-way / 6x 64kB 8-way | 8x 32kB 8-way / 8x 64kB 8-way | 4x 32kB 8-way / 4x 32kB 8-way | Ryzen2 data/instruction caches is unchanged; icache is still 2x as big as Intel’s. | |
| L2 Caches | 8x 512kB 8-way | 6x 256kB 8-way | 8x 256kB 8-way | 4x 256kB 8-way | Ryzen2 L2 cache is unchanged but we’re told latencies have been improved. | |
| L3 Caches | 2x 8MB 16-way | 2x 8MB 16-way | 2x 8MB 16-way | 8MB 16-way | Ryzen2 L3 caches are also unchanged – but again lantencies are meant to have improved. With each CCX having 8MB even the 2600 has 2x as much cache as an i7. | |
Data provided by SiSoftware
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X & Ryzen 5 2600 benchmarks
Conclusion
According to SiSoftware reviewer Ryzen 2000 brings welcome improvements in bandwidth and latency, which should further improve with new BIOSes.
Ryzen 2000 supports 2933 MHz DDR4 memory out of the box, which should provide an overall improvement and better experience (in gaming).
SiSoft:
Ryzen2 is a great update that will not disappoint upgraders and is likely to increase AMD’s market share. AMD is here to stay!
All Ryzen 7 2700X SiSoft benchmarks are available here. For Ryzen 5 2600X values go here.
Source: SiSoftware
