AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points
5874 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
8265 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5178 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
5019 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
133.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
8200 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
2231 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.9 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
28 W
274% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen Z1. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen Z1. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Z1. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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