CPU Performance

So to start off my testing I jumped in with X264 HD Benchmark 4.0. This one is a little dated but is a great way to check out video encoding performance. The test runs through four times encoding a video and then I take all four FPS averages from the entire encode and average them together. So with the 2400G and 2200G, these are Ryzen 5 and 3 CPUs so I didn’t come in expecting the world from them but being four core 8 threads both of them did well here for what they are. The 2400G came in just below the 3770K and 4770K, both were amazing at the time and aren’t that old really.

Next, I jumped into my two favorite benchmarks, both in Cinebench R15. I like these because we can check out single core and overall performance together. Single core is important because it gives us a better look at the architecture and clock speeds as well as shows how performance will be affected with older or less optimized software. So in the multicore test, the 2400G did surprisingly well, up with the 1500X and the 6700K was the next closest CPU. The 2200G was down almost completely on par with the 1300X, decent but closer to the bottom of the charts. For single core performance, the results were similar. The 200G was down closer to the bottom and the 1400G was near the middle of the pack with single core performance in between the 1300X and the 1600X.

Next, I took a look at two math-focused tests in wPrime and 7Zip. wPrime shows how long it took to compute prime to 1024 million digits and 7-zip just shows performance when compressing files. Again here in wPrime the 2200G didn’t do as well and was close with the older i7-2600 and with the 1300X where the 2400G was with the 1500X and with some of Intel’s older high core count CPUs. 7-Zip, on the other hand, the two CPUs were a lot closer together mostly because it likes higher core count CPUs more.

I like to check out what you can expect from browser-based stuff using the browser-based JetStream benchmark. It uses a whole list of benchmarks, runs them three times, then gives you an average score. Ironically even with the multiple tests, this test is always a little weird on the results for me. The 2200G did a little better here but they were both close together and right in line with the 1300X. This was lower down the charts but without the older CPUs included in the previous tests, they look lower than they would be.

With Passmark Performance Test 9 I just use the CPU score that does a list of CPU compute tasks. I prefer this over including results that focus on the SSD and GPU. Anyhow here the 2400G was just below the i5-7640K and the 2200G was right between the 1300X and 1200, I think this shows the lower L3 cache the most that it is missing over the 1300X.

With PCMark 10, I like to run this test because they have integrated a lot of the regular everyday programs like web browsing, video chatting, writing, spreadsheets, photo editing, consuming media, and gaming. Basically everything I use my own PC for. So here the 2400G and the 2200G are both near each other. But the gap is a little farther apart in the essentials and content creation tests. Overall though they are both about comparable to the 1300X.

Before getting into in-game benchmarks I also like to take a quick look at 3DMark and Dolphin 5.0. 3DMark most people will know is a synthetic gaming benchmark, I focus on the physics score as it shows the CPU performances while mostly ignoring the graphics card. So here the 2400G and 2200G are much farther apart. The 2200G is down on par with the R3 1200 where the 2400G is up with the i7-4770K and well above the 1300X. Dolphin, on the other hand, is actually a Wii emulator that is known for being very CPU intensive. Here higher numbers are worse and the 200G and 2400G are both up closer to the top and together.

The last few CPU specific tests were all actual in-game performance tests. These are done with the GTX 1080 Ti to prevent a GPU bottleneck. Jump to the next section if you are looking to see how well the onboard GPU performed in game. In the first test, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation I used the CPU focused test so the gaps between the results are a lot wider than in the GPU focused test. Here the 200G was on par with the 1300X and the 2400G had almost 7 more FPS to be just above the i5-7640K. In ghost recon I found it interesting that the 2400G came in actually at the top for the Ryzen CPUs, I suspect there was some optimization between this test and our original tests but the 14 FPS gap between the 2400G and 2200G is important to note here. Then in TF2, an older CPU limited game, the 2400G was in line with the higher clock speed Ryzen CPUs and the slightly lower clock speeds of the 2200G made a 10 FPS difference. Lastly in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided the 2400G and 200G were a little over 2 FPS apart but near the middle of the Ryzen CPUs, sadly though Intel still dominates in this test.

For my last bit of CPU testing, I ran through a few tests in AIDA64 just to get a look at memory and cache performance. Memory performance with the Flare-X kit was good, not up into the same level as Intel's quad channel CPUs, but on par with the rest of Ryzen. The memory latency was a little high on the 2200G when I tested it though there isn’t any reason that should have happened. Cache performance was good and in line with what is expected and having less L3 cache may also have translated into a little lower latency there as well, or new micro-code updates have improved things.

CPU	Memory Read	Memory Write	Memory Latency
Ryzen 5 2400G	45967 MB/s	47850 MB/s	66.6 ns
Ryzen 3 2200G	35567 MB/s	36240 MB/s	118.4 ns
Intel i7-8700K	38421 MB/s	40175 MB/s	57.9 ns
Intel i5-8400	38096 MB/s	40549 MB/s	59.8 ns
Intel Core i9-7980XE	77004 MB/s	68888 MB/s	73.4 ns
Intel Core i9-7960X	79416 MB/s	71554 MB/s	74.9 ns
Intel Core i7-7820X	76049 MB/s	73759 MB/s	71.6 ns
Intel Core i5-7640X	30786 MB/s	31888 MB/s	68.5 ns
Intel Core i9-7900X	76856 MB/s	72856 MB/s	72.8 ns
Intel Core i7-7740X	38455 MB/s	40596 MB/s	53.2 ns
Intel i7-6900K	66786 MB/s	68130 MB/s	61.9 ns
Intel i7-7700K	38498 MB/s	40448 MB/s	52.7 ns
Intel i7-5960X	66108 MB/s	49545 MB/s	62.8 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	44031 MB/s	43425 MB/s	81.8 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	44493 MB/s	43749 MB/s	78.3 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	45343 MB/s	43777 MB/s	82.6 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	44452 MB/s	43918 MB/s	83.7 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	44289 MB/s	43746 MB/s	83.1 ns
	L1 Cache Read	L1 Cache Write	L1 Cache Latency
Ryzen 5 2400G	485.01 GB/s	238.29 GB/s	1.0 ns
Ryzen 3 2200G	460.55 GB/s	227.41 GB/s	1.1 ns
Intel i7-8700K	1595.6 GB/s	803.65 GB/s	0.9 ns
Intel i5-8400	1417.2 GB/s	710.79 GB/s	1.0  ns
Intel Core i9-7980XE	3758.3 GB/s	1896.7 GB/s	1.1 ns
Intel Core i9-7960X	3532.3 GB/s	1785.2 GB/s	1.0 ns
Intel Core i7-7820X	1969.9 GB/s	995.02 GB/s	1.0 ns
Intel Core i5-7640X	1044.8 GB/s	31888 GB/s	1.0 ns
Intel Core i9-7900X	2418.5 GB/s	709.16 GB/s	1.0 ns
Intel Core i7-7740X	1102.7 GB/s	561.25 GB/s	0.9 ns
Intel i7-6900K	1963.9 GB/s	999.59 GB/s	1.0 ns
Intel i7-7700K	1114.6 GB/s	560.82 GB/s	0.9 ns
Intel i7-5960X	1748.5 GB/s	874.60 GB/s	1.2 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	917.46 GB/s	460.16 GB/s	1.1 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	867.89 GB/s	435.33 GB/s	1.2 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	793.90 GB/s	398.12 GB/s	1.3 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	689.47 GB/s	345.95 GB/s	1.1 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	446.84 GB/s	224.01 GB/s	1.1 ns
	L2 Cache Read	L2 Cache Write	L2 Cache Latency
Ryzen 5 2400G	459.80 GB/s	232.20 GB/s	3.1 ns
Ryzen 3 2200G	352.84 GB/s	177.56 GB/s	3.3 ns
Intel i7-8700K	640.37 GB/s	397.14 GB/s	2.6 ns
Intel i5-8400	543.81 GB/s	352.90 GB/s	3.1 ns
Intel Core i9-7980XE	1671.7 GB/s	1069.9 GB/s	5.6 ns
Intel Core i9-7960X	1571.6 GB/s	1003.5 GB/s	5.1 ns
Intel Core i7-7820X	884.63 GB/s	574.74 GB/s	5.6 ns
Intel Core i5-7640X	397.26 GB/s	247.00 GB/s	2.9 ns
Intel Core i9-7900X	1037.3 GB/s	521.94 GB/s	5.2 ns
Intel Core i7-7740X	424.55 GB/s	304.30 GB/s	2.7 ns
Intel i7-6900K	710.28 GB/s	310.34 GB/s	4.1 ns
Intel i7-7700K	415.45 GB/s	285.97 GB/s	2.7 ns
Intel i7-5960X	623.08 GB/s	272.77 GB/s	3.5 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	831.95 GB/s	446.37 GB/s	4.7 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	809.29 GB/s	419.38 GB/s	5.0 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	742.92 GB/s	389.73 GB/s	5.4 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	630.99 GB/s	334.93 GB/s	4.7 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	306.82 GB/s	211.58 GB/s	11.8 ns
	L3 Cache Read	L3 Cache Write	L3 Cache Latency
Ryzen 5 2400G	222.96 GB/s	181.60 GB/s	9.6
Ryzen 3 2200G	137.30 GB/s	171.20 GB/s	10.2
Intel i7-8700K	337.00 GB/s	213.67 GB/s	11.0 ns
Intel i5-8400	270.89 GB/s	186.82 GB/s	13.0 ns
Intel Core i9-7980XE	229.61 GB/s	118.40 GB/s	21.0 ns
Intel Core i9-7960X	220.22 GB/s	121.04 GB/s	19.8 ns
Intel Core i7-7820X	114.40 GB/s	103.57 GB/s	19.2 ns
Intel Core i5-7640X	228.31 GB/s	163.86 GB/s	11.1 ns
Intel Core i9-7900X	124.16 GB/s	106.78 GB/s	21.2 ns
Intel Core i7-7740X	287.01 GB/s	186.67 GB/s	21.2 ns
Intel i7-6900K	243.96 GB/s	195.41 GB/s	14.6 ns
Intel i7-7700K	234.50 GB/s	188.70 GB/s	10.4 ns
Intel i7-5960X	260.72 GB/s	184.92 GB/s	15.3 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	388.18 GB/s	386.01 GB/s	12.4 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	369.75 GB/s	350.31 GB/s	12.9 ns
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	334.36 GB/s	332.12 GB/s	14.2 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	386.48 GB/s	326.86 GB/s	12.3 ns
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	306.82 GB/s	211.58 GB/s	11.8 ns
	Single-Precision FLOPS	Double Precision FLOPS	AES-256
Ryzen 5 2400G	235.9 GFLOPS	117.8 GFLOPS	32388 MB/s
Ryzen 3 2200G	225.8 GFLOPS	112.6 GFLOPS	27603 MB/s
Intel i7-8700K	825.0 GFLOPS	412.5 GFLOPS	29406 MB/s
Intel i5-8400	728.8 GFLOPS	364.5 GFLOPS	25192 MB/s
Intel Core i9-7980XE	1831 GFLOPS	915.5 GFLOPS	69377 MB/s
Intel Core i9-7960X	1681 GFLOPS	840.6 GFLOPS	65409 MB/s
Intel Core i7-7820X	944.9 GFLOPS	472.5 GFLOPS	36420 MB/s
Intel Core i5-7640X	536.5 GFLOPS	268.2 GFLOPS	18547 MB/s
Intel Core i9-7900X	1148 GFLOPS	574.5 GFLOPS	45506 MB/s
Intel Core i7-7740X	575.4 GFLOPS	287.8 GFLOPS	20503 MB/s
Intel i7-6900K	1023 GFLOPS	511.7 GFLOPS	36340 MB/s
Intel i7-7700K	575.7 GFLOPS	287.9 GFLOPS	20519 MB/s
Intel i7-5960X	895.5 GFLOPS	447.7 GFLOPS	31783 MB/s
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	472.4 GFLOPS	236.2 GFLOPS	64016 MB/s
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	446.8 GFLOPS	223.4 GFLOPS	61730 MB/s
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	408.5 GFLOPS	204.3 GFLOPS	56811 MB/s
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	354.9 GFLOPS	177.5 GFLOPS	49340 MB/s
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	229.8 GFLOPS	114.8 GFLOPS	31983 MB/s
	24-bit Integer IOPS	32-bit Integer IOPS	64-bit Integer IOPS
Ryzen 5 2400G	58.94 GIOPS	58.98 GIOPS	29.67 GIOPS
Ryzen 3 2200G	56.32 GIOPS	56.32 GIOPS	28.30 GIOPS
Intel i7-8700K	370.0 GIOPS	370.0 GIOPS	51.55 GIOPS
Intel i5-8400	323.5 GIOPS	323.5 GIOPS	45.55 GIOPS
Intel Core i9-7980XE	821.2 GIOPS	821.3 GIOPS	121.6 GIOPS
Intel Core i9-7960X	754.0 GIOPS	753.9 GIOPS	114.7 GIOPS
Intel Core i7-7820X	423.7 GIOPS	423.7 GIOPS	63.85 GIOPS
Intel Core i5-7640X	238.1 GIOPS	138.1 GIOPS	33.53 GIOPS
Intel Core i9-7900X	515.1 GIOPS	515.0 GIOPS	79.76 GIOPS
Intel Core i7-7740X	258.1 GIOPS	258.0 GIOPS	35.97 GIOPS
Intel i7-6900K	255.9 GIOPS	255.9 GIOPS	63.96 GIOPS
Intel i7-7700K	258.0 GIOPS	258.0 GIOPS	35.98 GIOPS
Intel i7-5960X	223.9 GIOPS	223.9 GIOPS	55.97 GIOPS
AMD Ryzen R7 1800X	118.1 GIOPS	118.1 GIOPS	59.03 GIOPS
AMD Ryzen R7 1700X	111.7 GIOPS	111.7 GIOPS	55.84 GIOPS
AMD Ryzen R7 1700	102.1 GIOPS	102.1 GIOPS	51.05 GIOPS
AMD Ryzen R5 1600X	88.74 GIOPS	88.73 GIOPS	44.34 GIOPS
AMD Ryzen R5 1500X	57.43 GIOPS	57.45 GIOPS	28.72 GIOPS