AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X Review

Written by Antony Leather

April 19, 2018 | 14:00

Tags: #2nd-gen-ryzen #am4 #amd #ryzen #ryzen-5 #ryzen-7 #x470 #zen-plus

Companies: #amd

Test Setup

We spent much of 2017 gathering test data for the plethora of CPU launches, but due to the recent security vulnerabilities with both AMD and Intel CPUs and their subsequent impact on performance, we've decided to draw a line under those older results and start afresh. We've not only applied the latest Windows and BIOS security patches to secure our systems against the likes of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities as much as is currently possible, but we've also installed the latest Windows updates and drivers on both our Intel and AMD systems.

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Test System

  • Motherboard Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
  • Memory 16GB (2 x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance 3,000MHz DDR4
  • Graphics card Zotax Geforce GTX 1080 AMP! Edition
  • PSU Corsair RM850i
  • SSD OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  • CPU cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L RGB
  • Operating system Windows 10 64-bit


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Posted by Hustler - Thu Apr 19 2018 13:13

Bah!

Single thread is still weak sauce compared to my 4yr old 4690K...admittedly at 4.5Ghz, but still... :)

Maybe Zen 2 in 2019 will fix that, hope so because other than that I'd have no qualms about switching over to AMD.

Posted by Guest-56605 - Thu Apr 19 2018 13:15

There is a 2700X on my agenda very very soon, thank you once again AMD for turning the market on it's head - Now to just wait on the board reviews :cool: :D

Posted by Wakka - Thu Apr 19 2018 13:18

Not enough to convince anyone but the fanboys to upgrade over the equivalent gen 1 chip (1600X to 2600X etc), but those that sat out AMD's first swing of the Zen hammer and still on ageing Sandy/Ivy rigs and want to join the rest of the world with nVME and USB 3.1 have a solid option.

Hoping AMD are saving up the very best chips for an all-core capable 4.5Ghz 2800X.

Posted by Anfield - Thu Apr 19 2018 13:43

Hustler
Single thread is still weak sauce compared to my 4yr old 4690K...admittedly at 4.5Ghz, but still... :)
In how many real world applications where overall performance is actually limited by the CPU is single core performance the main factor?
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