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AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

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Price: $265

84

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 34 expert reviews
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    24
  • Good:
    6
  • Average:
    1
  • Bad:
    3
9.2

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Based on 329 reviews
as scored by Amazon users

Intel has been hitting a development wall for some time now, or at least hasn't been focused nor pressured into delivering larger gains in raw processing power. This might afford AMD a chance to catch up even further. In the short term we expect Intel to adjust prices and you can expect the company to continue scrambling as AMD turns up the heat with four and six-core Ryzen CPUs.

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Last revision on February 12, 2019

Editors Liked

  • Great multi-core performance
  • Excellent value for most applications
  • Trades blows with Intel's Core i7-6900K at half the price
  • Solid power draw
  • Smooth gaming with strong minimum frame rates
  • Attractive new AM4 platform
  • Easy-to-use Ryzen Master software
  • Huge performance leap over previous generation AMD FX processors

Editors Didn't Like

  • Still behind in gaming
  • Not great overclockers
  • Single core performance lags behind competing Intel "Kaby Lake" chips
  • Chipsets don't have as many PCI Express/SATA ports as Intel's offerings

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Expert reviews and ratings

By TechSpot on October 18, 2017

Wrapping up with the 720p data first, these low-res results are important for a few reasons, though for some they can be a bit misleading. They're important because they show us the true difference between CPUs in these games. With any speed limits...

By TechSpot on March 02, 2017 90

Intel has been hitting a development wall for some time now, or at least hasn't been focused nor pressured into delivering larger gains in raw processing power. This might afford AMD a chance to catch up even further. In the short term we expect Intel to adjust prices and you can expect the company to continue scrambling as AMD turns up the heat with four and six-core Ryzen CPUs.

By liveatpc.com on June 03, 2017 86

Review] AMD Ryzen 1800X: Ryzen to the challengeMore Cores Than You Can Ever WantThe Ryzen 1800X features 8 cores, and now with AMD, they have what they call Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) – basically you can have two logical cores for the price of...

By pcgamesn.com on May 03, 2017 70

I don't love the Ryzen 7 1800X. It's certainly not the processor I would instantly recommend any PC gamer out there buy, yet it's tough to argue against what an important processor it is. With Ryzen AMD haven't taken the CPU market by storm, they...

By hardwarezone.com.sg on April 29, 2017 85

In a nutshell, Ryzen 5's main advantage over Intel's Core i5 range is the higher number of cores and threads it offers while sharing the same price bracket. That's not unlike what AMD offers with its Ryzen 7 CPUs, all of which are 8-core/16-thread...

By HotHardware on March 30, 2017 80

In our initial review of the Ryzen 7 series processors, we saw much lower than expected performance from AMD's new processor line-up than we did with Intel's in the DirectX 12-based Ashes Of The Singularity benchmark. This was especially prominent when...

By techPowerUp! on March 17, 2017 86

The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X currently retails for $499. AMD processors are competitive again Outstanding performance in heavy multi-threaded apps Cheaper than Intel HEDT processors Single-threaded performance improved Low power draw and excellent power...

By gamingcentral.in on March 10, 2017 85

AMD has delivered on most of its promises with the Ryzen, it seems. Though the gaming performance could use some improvement, let's not forget that these are very early tests and games are not yet optimized for the Ryzen processors. With DX 12, games...

By Expert Reviews on March 08, 2017 80

With Ryzen, AMD is firmly back in the processor market, and I'm beyond excited to see how Ryzen 5 and 3 will compete with Intel's Core i5 and i3 CPUs. Looking at the Ryzen 7 1800X, it's one hell of a product. Granted, it might be outside of most...

By GameAxis on March 07, 2017 80

There's no doubt that the Ryzen 7 1800X is the most exciting processor from AMD in a long while. Intel is clearly already feeling the heat, and it has since slashed the prices across its Kaby Lake and Broadwell-E line-up.However, the 8-core/16-thread...

By techadvisor.co.uk on March 06, 2017 90

Right now, the Ryzen 7 1800X is proof that AMD is back on form. Although it hasn't knocked Intel off the top spot for outright performance – and certainly not for single-core applications - it has set new standards for value and efficiency. It will...

By reviewstudio.net on March 03, 2017 94

AMD launched a new CPU generation after a long time using a totally new architecture. To be honest everyone is expecting Ryzen from at least 4 years, but AMD cooked it slowly and it is obvious they did a great job afterall.Ryzen 7 1800X is an 8-core /...

By HardwareCanucks on March 02, 2017 95

However, after seeing what the 1800X can accomplish excitement for those six and four core derivatives. But what is clear right now is that Ryzen is indeed the real deal and Intel has been put on notice that AMD is back in the game.

By TechRadar on March 02, 2017 90

AMD really has nailed it with this core. Pricing, performance, and featureset are all there. In AMD's most disruptive move since the Athlon 64 days, Ryzen is set to shake the consumer stage.

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