- Aug 18, 2011
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I just read the announcement of the Ryzen chips and how they're more performant than the 9700K despite having lower clock speeds. I am wondering how that works.
For example:
3700X is an 8 core CPU with base clock of 3.6 and a turbo of 4.4ghz.
9700K is also 8 cores, but with a base clock of 3.6 and turbo of 4.9ghz.
Same # of cores, same base clock, but the 9700K has a much higher turbo clock.
I am very curious, how does the 3700X manage to be more performant then? Is it memory related? I've always just assumed # of cores x clock speed was the most important thing.
For example:
3700X is an 8 core CPU with base clock of 3.6 and a turbo of 4.4ghz.
9700K is also 8 cores, but with a base clock of 3.6 and turbo of 4.9ghz.
Same # of cores, same base clock, but the 9700K has a much higher turbo clock.
I am very curious, how does the 3700X manage to be more performant then? Is it memory related? I've always just assumed # of cores x clock speed was the most important thing.