AMD 's beloved classic old generation , Ryzen 7 1700, is tested and compared with its direct competitor, the 4-core Ryzen 3 3300X.
The 8-core, 16-thread processor delivers strong performance in almost all applications, often outperforming Intel by 40%.
It will certainly be very interesting to see this comparison, although it may be somewhat irrelevant for some in today's world. PC builders today have a huge set of processors to choose from, and for just $130 they have the option to buy a new Ryzen 3 300X. Of course, for the same money they can also get a used Ryzen 7 1700.
The 3300X is a 4-core, 8-thread processor that enjoys the numerous performance and efficiency advantages of the Zen 2 architecture. The R7 1700 has 8 cores, 16-threads, and is based on the original and slower Zen.
The R7 1700 may have twice as many cores and at the same price it seems to be the more logical choice, but its cores are a bit slow.
Looking at some of the performance data, the Ryzen 7 1700 is at best on par with the 6-core, 12-thread R5 3600, and was often slower. However, the 3300X is not as fast as the R5 3600, and it's harder to predict gaming based on GPU usage.
Today's performance test will compare the two processors, with GeForce GTX 1650 Super, RTX 2060, RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 Ti using a range of visual quality presets. The system is completed with the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard, 32GB of G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 CL14 memory and the Corsair H115i Pro AIO cooler.
We will present the Rainbow Six Seige Benchmark, in which we see the 1700 with the 3300X using a GTX 1650 Super, as well as the RTX 2060 with the RTX 2070 Super, at medium quality at 1080p.
Maximizing the quality doesn't change much, as we see little to no difference between the 1700 and the 3300X, using a GeForce RTX 2070 Super.
This is a good result and Rainbow Six Siege does a pretty good job utilizing the 8-core processor with CPU utilization hovering around 60% with peaks of up to 80% when using the RTX 2080 Ti.
Based on the data we collected, it is difficult for anyone to choose the Ryzen 7 1700, especially gamers, both in terms of performance and speed.
