Allen
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The single-thread, single core performance per clock of Intel I7 and Ryzen are presumed almost equal -- no surprise if the newest Intel is a few percent more efficient.
Thus, the obvious prognostications are that the Intel I7-7700K Kaby-Lake, which runs at 4.2GHz/4.5GHz, will beat a Ryzen 1800X running at 3.6GHz/4.0GHz in many applications and most games.
The interesting thing will be to see if any current games do better with 8 cores than they do with 4 cores (that run a bit faster). Also, even if one or the other is faster, will it be enough faster to matter? For example, I claim a 10 percent win in average FPS is for bragging rights -- it makes no practical difference in how a game plays (of course, there may be exceptions to any general rule).
We'll see soon
EDIT: Ryzen 4 core models will be released later, per the plan. Then, we'll get 4 core vs 4 core comparisons, I assume. I expect Intel's higher-clocked 4 cores to win. The question is -- by how much?
I expect similarly clocked to finish close. Then, its "bang per buck" time. All Intel has to do to be competitive is -- lower their prices
Competition is good
Last edited by Allen; 02/25/1712:19 PM. Reason: Added thought