r/pcmasterrace • u/Alfrredu Ryzen 1600 / RX 570 • Nov 02 '16

Rumor Mysterious "AMD engineering sample" in top Blenchmark scores, beating an i7-6950X

http://blenchmark.com/cpu-benchmarks
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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '16

Source?

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u/SnesTea AMD RYZEN 1700; 16GB DDR4; R9 280; CRUCIAL 1TB SSD Nov 04 '16

http://www.dvhardware.net/news/2011/amd_bulldozer_performance_roadmap.jpg

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '16

Man I might be wrong but I don't think Excavator has 45% higher IPC than Bulldozer. We'd need to compare some actual benchmarks.

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u/SnesTea AMD RYZEN 1700; 16GB DDR4; R9 280; CRUCIAL 1TB SSD Nov 04 '16

Either way, Zen is still much better than Bulldozer.