German IT site Golem.de has pitted every generation of AMD’s 8-core Ryzen 7 X800X processors against one another to determine just how big of a leap there is between the original Zen (2017) and Zen 3 (2020) microarchitectures.
A chart of the results compiled by 3D Center succinctly lays out the dramatic generational improvements, with the Ryzen 7 5800X demonstrating an incredible 75.7 percent bump in game performance (average FPS) over the first-generation Ryzen 7 1800X. The 89 percent improvement in application performance is equally as stunning.
Note that each generation of Zen has resulted in a 20 percent or higher uplift in gaming performance. AMD managed a remarkable 19 percent IPC increase with its latest Zen 3 architecture, so we can’t wait to see what red team might be able to pull off with Zen 4 on a 5 nm process.
Golem.de Results
| Key Specifications | Applications | Gen. Plus | Games (avg. FPS) | Games (1 percent low) | Gen. Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 5800X | Zen 3, 8C/16T, 3.8/4.7 GHz | 189,0% | (+27%) | 175,7% | 184,2% | (+25%) |
| Ryzen 7 3800X | Zen 2, 8C/16T, 3.8/4.4 GHz | 148,4% | (+28%) | 141,5% | 147,6% | (+20%) |
| Ryzen 7 2700X | Zen+, 8C/16T, 3.7/4.35 GHz | 116,1% | (+16%) | 119,7% | 123,1% | (+23%) |
| Ryzen 7 1800X | Zen, 8C/16T, 3.6/4.1 GHz | 100% | – | 100% | 100% | – |
AMD Ryzen 7 X800X Specifications
| Ryzen 7 1800X | Ryzen 7 2700X | Ryzen 7 3800X | Ryzen 7 5800X | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codename | Summit Ridge (Zen) | Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) | Matisse (Zen 2) | Vermeer (Zen 3) |
| Fertigung | 14LPP (GloFo) | 12LP (GloFo) | N7 (TSMC) + 12LP (GloFo) | N7 (TSMC) + 12LP (GloFo) |
| Die-Size | 213 mm² (SoC) | 213 mm² (SoC) | 74 mm² (CCD) + 125 mm² (IOD) | 81 mm² (CCD) + 125 mm² (IOD) |
| Transistoren | 4,8 Mrd | 4,8 Mrd | 3,9 Mrd + 2,09 Mrd | 4,15 Mrd + 2,09 Mrd |
| Kerne | 8 + SMT | 8 + SMT | 8 + SMT | 8 + SMT |
| Takt | 3,6 GHz bis 4,1 GHz | 3,7 GHz bis 4,35 GHz | 3,9 GHz bis 4,5 GHz | 3,8 GHz bis 4,7 GHz |
| L3-Cache | 16 MByte | 16 MByte | 32 MByte | 32 MByte |
| Speicher | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| TDP | 95 Watt | 105 Watt | 105 Watt | 105 Watt |
| PPT | 142 Watt | 142 Watt | 142 Watt | 142 Watt |