AMD launches Zen 2 for the datacenter: world's first x86 CPU built on 7nm

[yeeeeman]

Yes, you have a serious software problem and this is game developers problem, not AMD's problem. I am pretty confident that the 2600X with HT disabled (6 cores), will be within 10% of the performance of i5 8400. That 16T 2700X Ryzen stays at 25% usage, whereas the Intel i5 8400 is close to 100%. It means that:
- either games are not yet really optimized for multicore CPUs;
- you have a performance reserve with 2700X that you don't have with i5 8400. You can stream while gaming, for example, without caring too much about it -> this in turn means that in one year time, when games will be more demanding, the 2700X will start to show its performance advantage, while the 6 core i5 8400 will be pegged at 100% and slowly become obsolete.

 

[Sausagemeat]

Yes, you have a serious software problem and this is game developers problem, not AMD's problem. I am pretty confident that the 2600X with HT disabled (6 cores), will be within 10% of the performance of i5 8400. That 16T 2700X Ryzen stays at 25% usage, whereas the Intel i5 8400 is close to 100%. It means that:
- either games are not yet really optimized for multicore CPUs;
- you have a performance reserve with 2700X that you don't have with i5 8400. You can stream while gaming, for example, without caring too much about it -> this in turn means that in one year time, when games will be more demanding, the 2700X will start to show its performance advantage, while the 6 core i5 8400 will be pegged at 100% and slowly become obsolete.

Usage reporting is a poor metric of CPU headroom. An old FX8350 will report less CPU utilisation than an i5 8400 but is years behind in performance and will never overtake an 8400. It serves to show more how much of the CPU is wasted not being used when running games.

 

[yeeeeman]

I doubt Zen architecture has the same limitations as the bulldozer one, as you are implying here. Zen is a nice CPU uArch, with a lot of untapped potential and given that many pieces of software are compiled/optimized for Intel hardware, I think it does extremely well even in gaming.