Is AMD Ryzen 1800x any good?

[James_O]

Hi guys,
I have AMD FX(tm)-9370 processor at work, and our technical guy asked if I want to upgrade to AMD Ryzen 7  1800X, so is it better?
Does anyone have the Ryzen 7 1800X, do you have any issues with it in Corona or 3DS MAX?
Thanx.

[FrostKiwi]

Link to Corona benchmarks for 1800x.
And here for AMD FX processors

As an owner of an 8350@4.8 GHz (so we basically the same CPU) you will see, that a 1800x is over over twice as fast (best and fx result is 267 seconds, best 1800x is 119 267/119 = the 1800x is rougly 224% the speed of the best and fx result)

So yeah, thats a really good upgrade.
If you are in a professional setting you may want to wat for Threadripper, which will be way more expensive, but will deliver roughly 400%+ speedup over and FX for Corona.

There is a whole thread on Corona and ryzen, if you wanna readup on it: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=15013.0

PS: will upgrade to Ryzen at the end of the year aswell

[James_O]

I see, that sounds good.
I'm an Intel and nVidia guy so I have no idea what's good in AMD world.
Thank you, I'll talk to the tech guy.

[maru]

Also one interesting thing is that the Ryzen 1700 (not even the X series!) is higher on the benchmark list than any other Ryzen. :)
https://corona-renderer.com/benchmark/?cpu-type=ryzen&submit=Search

[lupaz]

Also one interesting thing is that the Ryzen 1700 (not even the X series!) is higher on the benchmark list than any other Ryzen. :)
https://corona-renderer.com/benchmark/?cpu-type=ryzen&submit=Search

But this could be because those who know to overclock the best will only buy 1700 and not 1700x or 1800x.

I'm just trying to convince myself that buying 1800x wasn't a mistake. :|

[FrostKiwi]

Also one interesting thing is that the Ryzen 1700 (not even the X series!) is higher on the benchmark list than any other Ryzen. :)

All Ryzen chips cap out at 4.0 or 4.1 Ghz, before hitting a very steep voltage wall.
If you invested in a good cooler already like a nh-d15 or any AIO, there is not much benefit for overclockers getting anything better binned. As such the 1700 became the best seller, also the 1700 does not have the retarded 20°C offset hardcoded.

I'm just trying to convince myself that buying 1800x wasn't a mistake. :|

Well (if you overclock) you paid 100€ extra for the same speed, but at lower voltage and with a quiter system. So all is well :]
See this article from TomsHardware