An Early Takeaway

For such a pocket-size six-game sample, those benchmarks showed quite a few interesting results. Perhaps the nigh exciting conclusion we can draw is that upcoming 6-core Ryzen processors should perform roughly on par with eight-core models when playing today's CPU-demanding PC games, while the quad-core parts should only be slightly slower when using extreme GPU configurations in games such as Battlefield 1, Mafia III and F1 2022.

With the exception of Far Cry Primal, it looks like the quad-core Ryzen CPUs will destroy the college-end dual-core Kaby Lake processors such equally the 7350K. Even at iv.8GHz, the 7350K was no match in the more CPU-intensive titles.

It was interesting to detect that when paired with the GTX 1070, the Ryzen CPUs were actually able to pull ahead in games such equally Mafia III, while folks equipped with a sub-$300 current-gen GPU won't run into any difference between the quad-core Ryzen and Kaby Lake CPUs.

As things stand, we're notwithstanding waiting for more games that improve utilize Ryzen cores. It looks similar enough of them are on the horizon, only we currently accept games that make Ryzen look average and non as skillful as information technology really is.

Games such as Far Cry Primal, Culture half-dozen, Gears of State of war 4, Grand Theft Auto V, Hitman, Full State of war Warhammer and Scout Dogs two, all perform weaker than expected on Ryzen CPUs. That isn't to say performance is bad at all -- gameplay is still incredibly smooth with the correct GPU -- but frame rates are lower than you lot'd expect in relation to competing Intel CPUs.

The simulated six-core and iv-core Ryzen five gaming operation recorded here should be identical to what nosotros'll see in three weeks when the chips really arrive -- at least bold they have no problem running all their cores at 4GHz.

I don't expect the Ryzen v parts to overclock whatever better than Ryzen vii considering they are the exact aforementioned chips.

What we can tell you today is that the 1500X is going to exist a remarkable value at $190, a toll that also includes a 'Wraith Spire' cooler -- quite the packet. Although the 1400 originally seemed heady at $170, its 10% savings over the 1500X might not justify halving the L3 enshroud to 8MB.

We'll make that call come April.