Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X For Vulkan Gaming With Thrones of Britannia

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Gaming on 11 June 2018 at 02:15 PM EDT. Page 2 of 4. 21 Comments.
Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia

First up was 1080p with low quality settings. The Core i7 8700K was faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X with both graphics cards tested. The RX Vega 64 was 3% faster with the Intel CPU while the GTX 1080 was 11% faster with the i7-8700K over the Ryzen 7 2700X.

Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia

What is interesting to note as well is the peak frame time being much higher with the Ryzen CPU too. The peak frame time being higher on Ryzen was found with both graphics cards tested. The RX Vega 64 had a peak frame time of 285 ms on the Intel CPU while on the Ryzen 7 2700X it drifted up to 424 ms, a similar margin was found with the GTX 1080 testing too.

Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia
Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia

When running at low quality settings at 1440p, the average frame-rates were similar between the Core i7 and Ryzen 7 processors, but there remained a noticeably higher peak frame time with the AMD Ryzen CPU under both of the graphics cards tested.

Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia
Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X - CPU Comparison For Britannia

When moving up to high quality settings at 1080p, the Core i7 8700K was running much better than the Ryzen 7 2700X: the RX Vega 64 on the Intel CPU was in fact faster than the GTX 1080 on the AMD CPU. The RX Vega 64 was 16% faster with Intel and 18% faster with the NVIDIA GTX 1080 on Intel. The trend also continued with a higher peak frame-time on the Ryzen CPU while the average frame-time was about a 1ms difference.


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