Zen: first benchmarks of the new amd processor

Yesterday we were commenting on the possibility that AMD's new Zen processors would be delayed to 2017 and today we have the first benchmarks in video games, where it can be seen that it performs up to 38% above an FX-8350.

The first Zen processors will arrive during 2017

The Wccftech people have been able to access one of the AMD processors based on the Zen architecture, more specifically the model that comes with 8 physical and 16 logical cores with Hyper-Threading technology, which means that this processor is the top of architecture range.

The benchmark was performed with the video game Ashes of the Singularity and was identified with the code name 1D2801A2M88E4_32 / 28_N. In the benchmark it was decided to compare the processor with an FX-8530, Intel i5 4670k and i7 4790. The results showed that it is 10% faster than the i5 4670k but it is 11% below the i7 4790.

The results would not seem to be too auspicious except for one very important detail, the default frequency of the Zen processor used in these tests is 2.8GHz and in Turbo it reaches 3.2GHz. These frequencies are low if we compare them with the current FX that reach and exceed 4GHz. In case the Zen processors (Summit Ridge) reach the frequencies of an FX-8350 (4GHz), it would very easily exceed the results of that i7 4790.

Zen processor performs above an i5 4690k

It is still too early to make an assessment of the Zen architecture but based on these results, these processors will surely be able to cope with the dreaded i7, especially in the field of video games, although probably not in the face of the new Intel Kaby Lake that will arrive at the end of year.

The Summit Ridge and Zen-based Raven Ridge- based microprocessors will begin mass production in late 2016 to hit stores in 2017.