2nd Gen Ryzen - First Look, Performance Demos, Overclocking

First Look At The AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

This was our first look at the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (Price Check). AMD ran it on the ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WIFI) motherboard, with G.SKILL Sniper X DDR4 memory. It was also our first look at the new AMD Wraith Prism cooler, with its RGB LED ring, and illuminated fan blades.

2nd Gen Ryzen Performance Demos

After the briefing, AMD showed off some benchmarking demos of the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (Price Check) against the Intel Core i7-8700K (Price Check).

CINEBENCH R15 Demo

The Core i7-8700K (Price Check) on the left, had a score of 1399 cb, while the Ryzen 7 2700X (Price Check) on the right, achieved 1544 cb.

Mega-Tasking Demo

The Core i7-8700K (Price Check) on the left, took 42.1 seconds to complete the mega-tasking demo, while the Ryzen 7 2700X (Price Check) on the right, took 42.6 seconds.

Sami Mäkinen On 2nd Gen Ryzen Overclocking

Extreme overclocker Sami Mäkinen from AMD’s Technical Marketing team showed us how to overclock the 2nd Gen Ryzen processor using the new AMD Ryzen Master 1.3 utility.

Suggested Reading

• 2nd Gen Ryzen @ Ryzen 2 – Everything You Need To Know!
• AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Octa-Core Processor Review
• AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Hexa-Core Processor Review
• The 2nd Gen Ryzen Price Comparison
• The AMD Ryzen Gen 2 Reviewer’s Kit Revealed!
• AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600 Benchmarks Leaked!
• Cheaper Ryzen CPUs When Ryzen 2 Launches?
• The 2018 AMD Ryzen Price Cut Details Examined!
• The AMD Raven Ridge Desktop APUs – Everything You Need To Know!
• AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
• AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics[adrotate group=”2″]
• Thank The Ryzen Effect For Better Intel Processors!
• The 8th Gen Intel Core Desktop CPU Tech Report
• The Intel Core i7-8700K Hexa-Core Processor Review
• Everything You Need To Know About The Intel Coffee Lake CPUs!
• All You Need To Know About AMD Ryzen Threadripper!
• The AMD Ryzen PRO Processor Tech Report
• The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Octa-Core Processor Review
• The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor Review
• The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Quad-Core Processor Review

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