[LEAK] AMD Zen Architecture Sample Processor Benchmarks Leak !

After a much hyped wait for AMD Zen Architecture processor family, the first verified benchmarks of one of the sku's just leaked out via Ashes of Singularity benchmarks database. This leak displays the first real world performance of the new Architecture. However, the benchmarks leaked out are of the Engineering Sample of AMD Zen and may not represent  the performance of the finished product in any way. 

Benchmarks show some real improvements over AMD's FX-8350

A few days ago, the OPN (Order Part Number) of AMD’s Zen Engineering Sample leaked out. This was 1D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N. The first part of the number indicates the unique identifier of the Zen ES CPU while the second part (32/28) reveals the base clock as well as the turbo clock. This means we are looking at a base clock of 2.8 Ghz and a turbo of 3.2 Ghz. It goes without saying that the frequencies of the engineering sample are probably not final and could get an uplift by the time the product actually hits the shelf.

With this context, we continue on to the main spectacle of today. The exact flavor is the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. We can quickly confirm that the benchmarks are indeed of a Zen processor because:

• It lists the OPN Zen has previously been identified with (1D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N), 
• It lists another OPN that we have yet to identify Zen with but appears to be a different revision of the same (2D2801A2M88E4_32/28_N) 
• So in short, we have at least two variants of Zen being tested here. I’ll refer to them as 1D and 2D. 
• We can see that the profile has previously tested Carrizo engineering samples of AMD – so this isn’t a newly minted spoofer profile. 

Here are the Benchmarks:

We can see that the Zen 1D ES sample is performing rather well. Across all 4 settings, the CPU is able to earn a consistent CPU frame-rate of 58-60 frames per second. The benchmark was conducted with the AMD Radeon RX 480, so we cannot make direct comparisons from just this benchmark alone. We can however, compare this setup to similar setups where only the CPU has been replaced.

There doesn’t seem to be any difference at first sight between the 1D and 2D variants. They are both clocked at the same rates and the only difference that we can see is the fact that the 2D variant fares much worse in terms of performance. There could be multiple reasons for why this is the case. It is possible that this particular variant is actually a cut down core and the benchmark is reading it incorrectly or even that its simply another revision being tested that did not like the AotS benchmark. In any case, because of these reasons, I decided to focus on the 1D variant for our comparison.

Author : Anushk Keshri Rastogi

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