In Intel IDF during the conference, AMD also held a conference in San Francisco, open the Zen processor architecture details, for the first time and demonstrated the Zen 8-core 16 threads with Intel processor sample top Core i7 processor architecture Broadwell - E - 6900 k performance contrast. To be fair, AMD also put both sides of the unified set to 3 GHZ frequency, so that you can contrast the IPC performance better. , according to the results of Zen processor on the rendering performance to win, although the gap is very, very small, but it is not easy for AMD, which means that after years of AMD in performance for the first time beyond Intel, which is the foundation for them to return to the high-performance processor market.

If it wins the Intel processor, it for A meal and I rice is A good thing, not only AMD turn is expected, after the meal I also hope that Intel was more pressure is no longer toothpaste, but with the deepening of the event, Zen processors AMD won the story behind the Intel processor, now can't say that AMD is to rely on "cheating" tricky to win, but still let A person suspect Zen the real performance of the processor.

First said the AMD and Intel with frequency performance testing, after AMD released information is relatively small, but after many mining can determine the following information:

Test software is Blender, an open source 3 d rendering software

Zen processors AMD complete rendering in 48.07 seconds, Core i7-6900 - k in 49.05 seconds, Zen performance leading 2% (data from Anandtech website)

, AMD said test platform configuration is the same, but they did not publish detailed configuration, but what is certain is dual channel DDR4 memory, for Broadwell - E, they are 4 channel memory, dual channel means bandwidth in half.

, test the video card is home AMD Radeon hd FirePro accelerator card.

Crucially, Blender tests, AMD Zen processing for OpenCL path, path of Intel processing device is normal c + +.

In PCGH mentioned these problems in this article, including Broadwell half - E bandwidth might influence the final performance, but the Blender rendering also not necessarily can benefit from the four channel bandwidth, but Zen processors AMD use improved OpenCL path rendering becomes "fantasy" - although they set a fair 3.0 GHz, just rendering path is not the same on both sides, AMD OpenCL using their optimization rendering, Intel use standard path, the IPC performance comparison?

Anyhow, now under the condition of you couldn't have done to AMD to make the final evaluation - Blender is open source, manufacturers themselves optimization is normal, but AMD in the same frequency compared with this method apparently a lot of questions, seemingly fair and there are many trough points behind.

Small make up finally want to say is, AMD choose the same 3.0 GHz there are tricky, Zen exposure frequency is 2.8 to 3.2 GHz processor, this frequency with Core i7-6900 k or less than 3.2 to 3.7 GHz, so on the actual performance of AMD to won the Intel still has a long way to go, let alone until Zen to next year, when Intel Kaby Lake - X processor are coming.