Amd ryzen 7 2700x vs ryzen 7 1800x: comparative games and applications

After the arrival of the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X processor, it is time to make a comparison against its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 1800X, to see the leap in performance that AMD has achieved with the arrival of this new generation. Do not miss this interesting article if you are considering making the jump to the new top of the range silicon of the company. AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 7 1800X.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 7 1800X features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X are two eight-core and sixteen-thread processors, so it is quite easy to make a comparison between the two, since the entire performance difference will depend on the improvements that AMD has been able to make in its architecture. Moving to the manufacturing process at 12nm, allows the Ryzen 7 2700X to reach a turbo frequency of 4.3 GHz, somewhat higher than the 4.1 GHz that the Ryzen 7 1800X manufactured at 14 nm reaches. Both processors have 16 MB of L3 cache, something that has not changed. The improvements that AMD has introduced in the Zen + architecture of the Ryzen 7 2700X, allow the cache latencies to be lower, something that also helps improve performance.

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Gaming performance

To evaluate the performance of both processors in the most demanding games, we have used our usual battery of tests with the GeForce GTX 1080Ti, a very powerful graphics card that will let us see the differences between the processors. Testing has been done at 1080p, 1440p and 2560p resolutions. Without further delay let's see the results.

TESTING GAMES 1080P (GeForce GTX 1080Ti)
	Rise of Tomb Raider	Far Cry 5	DOOM 4	Final Fantasy XV	DEUS EX: Mankind
Ryzen 7 2700X	155	106	137	125	112
Ryzen 7 1800X	138	97	110	122	105

GAME TESTS 1440P (GeForce GTX 1080Ti)
	Rise of Tomb Raider	Far Cry 5	DOOM 4	Final Fantasy XV	DEUS EX: Mankind
Ryzen 7 2700X	129	97	127	95	87
Ryzen 7 1800X	126	91	112	93	86

TESTING GAMES 2560P (GeForce GTX 1080Ti)
	Rise of Tomb Raider	Far Cry 5	DOOM 4	Final Fantasy XV	DEUS EX: Mankind
Ryzen 7 2700X	76	56	78	51	48
Ryzen 7 1800X	76	56	76	fifty	46

As we can see, the Ryzen 7 2700X offers a noticeable improvement in all games, the improvement is not too high and corresponds to what could be expected from the increase in frequency, although reducing the latency of the cache will also have helped. The differences narrow as we raise the resolution, until they disappear once we get to 4K, something that was already to be expected.

Application performance

Once we have seen the performance in games, we go on to see the behavior of both processors in scenarios that make very intensive use, for this we have used our usual battery of synthetic tests.

TESTING APPLICATIONS
	AIDA 64 READING (DDR4 3400)	AIDA 64 WRITING (DDR4 3400)	CINEBENCH R15	3D MARK FIRE STRIKE	3D MARS TIME SPY	VRMARK	PC MARK 8	LOAD CONSUMPTION (W)
Ryzen 7 2700X	49930	47470	1764	22567	8402	9810	4186	199
Ryzen 7 1800X	49743	47986	1604	18532	7859	9028	3752	202

In this case, there is also a performance improvement that corresponds to what is expected due to the improvement in operating frequencies, the only notable case is the memory bandwidth in AIDA 64, product of the new controller of DDR4 3400 compliant memory, versus previous generation DDR4 32000. As for the power consumption on load, we see that there is practically no difference, since the new chip hardly consumes 3 W less than its predecessor.

Final words and conclusion about AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 7 1800X

AMD promised a 10-15% improvement with its second-generation Ryzen processors, something that our tests confirm. We are facing transition processors, between the first generation of Ryzen and the third, which will arrive with the new Zen 2 architecture manufactured at 7 nm and which promises much more important improvements.

This second generation Ryzen is a fine-tuning of the original chips, with somewhat higher frequencies as a result of the 12-minute manufacturing process at FinFET. Additional enhancements to the cache system and DDR4 controller have also helped improve gaming performance, which was the main weak point of Ryzen's first generation.

Our conclusion AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 7 1800X is that if you are a user of a first generation Ryzen processor, there are no compelling reasons to jump to its second generation equivalent, as the improvements are very few and you better wait to the third generation next year. By cons, if you want to build a team from scratch, or make the jump to a higher range, now you have at your disposal new options a little better.