AluminiumTech's new CPU Tier List

[AlTech]

Hi everyone ,

I'm doing a CPU equivalent to ShadowTech's old GPU Tier List. These tiers represent what kind of CPU you should pair with your GPU or what kind of tasks a CPU is suitable for. Feel free to suggest where different XEON CPUs should go.

 

If you have any CPU listed below and are willing to benchmark your CPU in the name of Science  for this comparison, please read the section at the bottom of the OP.

 

This list contains: Intel Haswell and above, Intel SandyBridge-E and above, AMD 7th Gen Kaveri, AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD FX CPUs

 

Notes:

Intel CPUs:

• Intel "S" SKUs feature a reduced TDP and clockspeed
• Intel "P" SKUs feature worse integrated graphics
• Intel "C" and "R" SKUs feature Intel Iris Pro Graphics and 100GB/s L4 cache
• Intel "C" SKUs also feature an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
• Intel "K" and "X" SKUs feature an unlocked multiplier and are overclockable

 

AMD CPUs:

• AMD "E" SKUs feature a reduced TDP and clockspeed.
• AMD FX CPUs feature an unlocked multiplier and ae overclockable
• AMD A Series APUs "K" SKUs feature an unlocked multiplier and are overclockable
• AMD Ryzen CPUs feature no integrated graphics and feature an unlocked multiplier and are overclockable
• AMD Ryzen "X" SKUs feature enhanced XFR as well as better overclocking headroom due to the user of a higher TDP.

 

How the Tier system works:

The tiers represent what CPU should be chosen in order to not bottleneck the respective GPU class. Examples of each GPU class are provided in brackets)

I am only using the processors specified since older CPUs should not be considered unless at a highly discounted price.

 

Tier 1 - SLI/CF Enthusiast GPUs AND/OR Optimal Video Editing & Rendering

 

Ryzen Threadripper

 

Skylake-X

Unreleased Skylake X * According to Intel Corporation as of August 2017

Intel core i9-7980XE (18C/36T) (44 PCI-E Lanes) (We don't have reviews for this CPU but we think it fits in here)

Intel core i9-7960X (16C/32T) (44 PCI-E Lanes)  (We don't have reviews for this CPU but we think it fits in here)

 

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X (16C/32T) (64 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i9-7940X (14C/28T) (44 PCI-E Lanes) (We don't have reviews for this CPU but we think it fits in here)

Intel core i9-7920X (12C/24T) (44 PCI-E Lanes) (We don't have reviews for this CPU but we think it fits in here)

 

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X (12C/24T) (64 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i9-7900X (10C/20T) (44 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-7820X (8C/16T) (28 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i7-6950X (10C/20T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)\

 

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (8C/16T) (64 PCI-E Lanes) 

 

Intel core i7-7800X (6C/12T) (28 PCI-E Lanes)

 

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (8C/16T) (16 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i7-6900K (8C/16T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

 

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X (8C/16T)

 

Intel core i7-5960X (8C/16T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

 

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (8C/16T)

Intel core i7-8700K (6C/12T) (16 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-8700 (6C/12T) (16 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-6850K (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-6800K (6C/12T) (28 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-5930K (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-5820K (6C/12T) (28 PCI-E Lanes

 

Tier 2 - Single Enthusiast GPU (Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080Ti OR AMD Radeon RX VEGA) AND/OR Streaming and recording gameplay, Video Editing or very large scale programming projects

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (6C/12T)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (6C/12T)

 

Intel core i5-8600K (6C/6T)(16 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i7-4960X (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-4930K (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes

 

Intel core i7-3970X (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-3960X (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

Intel core i7-3930K (6C/12T) (40 PCI-E Lanes)

 

Intel core i7-7740X - Not recommended due to high platform cost, heat output, and power consumption issues.

 

Intel core i7-7700K

Intel core i7-7700

 

Intel core i7-6785R

 

Intel core i7-6700K

Intel core i7-6700

 

Intel core i7-5775C

Intel core i7-5775

 

Intel core i7-4790K

Intel core i7-4770K

Intel core i7-4790S

Intel core i7-4790

Intel core i7-4771

Intel core i7-4770

   

Intel core i7-3820 (4C/8T) (40 PCI-E Lanes) - Quad Core SandyBridge- E CPU

 

Intel core i7-4820K (Quad core Ivy Bridge Extreme Edition)

 

Tier 3 - Single High End GPU (Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 OR AMD Radeon R9 Fury series) AND/OR recording gameplay, hobbyist video editing or moderate scale programming projects

Intel core i5-8600K

Intel core i5-8400

 

Intel core i3-8350K - Not recommended due to similar cost to i5-8400 whilst worst in multi-threaded performance.

Intel core i3-8100

 

Intel core i5-7640X - Not recommended due to high platform cost, heat output, and power consumption issues.

 

Intel core i5-7600K

Intel core i5-7600

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (4C/8T)

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4C/8T) - Positioned here due to being Quad Cores although it is worth noting that both feature Simulatenous Multi Threading

Intel core i5-7500

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (4C/4T)

Intel core i5-7400

Intel core i5-6585R

Intel core i5-6685R

Intel core i5-6600K

Intel core i5-6600

Intel core i5-6500

Intel core i5-6402P

Intel core i5-6400

Intel core i5-5675C

Intel core i5-4690K

Intel core i5-4690

Intel core i5-4670K

Intel core i5-4670

Intel core i5-4590

Intel core i5-4590S

Intel core i5-4570

Intel core i5-4570S

Intel core i5-4460

Intel core i5-4440

Intel core i5-4440S

Intel core i5-4430

Intel core i5-4430S

 

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G (4C/4T)

 

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X (4C/4T)

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4C/4T)

 

AMD FX-9000 Series (2M/8T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD FX-8000 Series (2M/8T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

Tier 4 - Single Budget Gaming GPU (Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 560) AND/OR recording gameplay or recording videos, Office, Web Browsing and everyday usage.

Intel core i3-7350K

Intel core i3-7320

Intel core i3-7300

Intel core i3-7100

Intel core i3-7300T

Intel core i3-7100T

 

AMD A12-9800 (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

AMD A10-7890K (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A10-7870K (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A10-7960K (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A10-7850K (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A10-7800 (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)
AMD A10-7700K (1M/4T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

Intel core i3-6320

Intel core i3-6300

Intel core i3-6100

Intel core i3-6098P

 

Intel core i3-4370

Intel core i3-4360

Intel core i3-4350

Intel core i3-4340

Intel core i3-4330

Intel core i3-4170

Intel core i3-4160

Intel core i3-4150

Intel core i3-4130

 

AMD FX-6000 Series (1.5M/6T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

Intel Pentium G4620

Intel Pentium G4600

Intel Pentium G4560

Intel Pentium G4500

Intel Pentium G4400

 

Intel Pentium G3258

 

AMD X4 950

 

AMD FX-4000 Series (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

AMD A8-7670K (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A8-7650K (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A8-7600 (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

 

AMD A6-7470K (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD A6-7400K (1M/2T/2 coresPerModule equivalent)

AMD X4 845

AMD X4 835

 

AMD X4-840

 

AMD X4 880K

AMD X4 870K

AMD X4 860K

 

Tier 5 - Single Low End GPUs OR For use in Custom Built NAS or Custom Built Router

AMD Athlon 5370

AMD Athlon 5350

AMD Athlon 5150

 

AMD Sempron 3850

AMD Sempron 2650

 

Please feel free to post your thoughts down below! Thanks for reading . If you agree then tell me what you agree with. If you disagree then tell me why.

 

Have one of these CPUs?

I'm interested in gathering data about how these CPUs perform relative to each other.

If you're willing to run Cinebench R15 with nothing running in the background then please fill out the form below. I will try to make a table and put it in this thread if/when there is enough data. Also, If you're willing to run CSMark (I know it's still in "Pre-release") at the "MX2" Accuracy Level (You will need to configure the accuracy to use this and please save the results to file when given the option) with nothing running in the background then you can also fill out the form with results. For CSMark, you will need to install DotNetCore Runtime If you need help doing either benchmark then please post below. 

 

Thanks .

 

Form -  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6sbxGVN4O0i6MG-XHdzDg_76wu1w9bZ3fJ8W5uneQnJa7-w/viewform?usp=sf_link

[LienusLateTips]

Why is the 3930K is Tier 1? It's an Sandy Bridge hex core, beat by the Ryzen 5 1600 in Tier 2.

[Guest]

This seems like a pretty nice list!

[aisle9]

How dare you place Haswell anywhere but Tier 1, where it belongs now and always shall be! 

[LienusLateTips]

I disagree with a bunch of things here, so I'm going to make the CPU Tier List Ampharos edition (IDK why that name but whatever)

[Guest]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

I disagree with a bunch of things here, so I'm going to make the CPU Tier List Ampharos edition (IDK why that name but whatever)

Make it a SSJ3 Mega Ampharos edition

 

[AlTech]

7 hours ago, JDE said:

Why is the 3930K is Tier 1? It's an Sandy Bridge hex core, beat by the Ryzen 5 1600 in Tier 2.

Fixed

[LienusLateTips]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Fixed

I think all X79 and X99 hex cores should be moved to tier 2.

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AMD Ryzen "X" SKUs feature enhanced XFR as well as better overclocking headroom.

Is that true?  I thought the X meant it doesn't come with a stock cooler?

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Is that true?  I thought the X meant it doesn't come with a stock cooler?

X only means XFR, and not more overclocking headroom. The Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 1500X come with coolers.

[MoonlightSylv]

The 4960x is only %8 better than a Ryzen 5 1600 and on par with a 1600x.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

X only means XFR, and not more overclocking headroom. The Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 5 1500X come with coolers.

Most 1600x's can reach 4GHz somewhat easily while the 1600 can't.

[dexT]

Do you want overclocked? I've got some I'll give you later if so. I'll do CSMark on the G3258 as I'm testing some DDR3 in a bit but I won't bother if you only want stock.

[AlTech]

5 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Is that true?  I thought the X meant it doesn't come with a stock cooler?

The X CPUs have a higher TDP as well as "Xtended Frequency Range".

 

Just now, dexT said:

Do you want overclocked? I've got some I'll give you later if so. I'll do CSMark on the G3258 as I'm testing some DDR3 in a bit but I won't bother if you only want stock.

Can you wait for 0.13.1 to be released, i'm fixing a bug? Also, i'll specify the accuracy level desired in the OP.

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

The 4930K is beaten by the Ryzen 5 1600X in most cases and doesn't really belong in tier 1 imo. I feel like you should make another tier and put the Threadripper chips and Core i9s there. A 7920X and 1950X don't fall in the same performance tier as a measly 4930K, 4960X, 5820K, or 5930K.

 

I think you should disregard the brands and just list them in order of performance - to the uninformed user, it might seem like the 1950X beats out the 7980XE (I know it's not released but there's no way this'll happen).

 

Also, linking the name of each CPU to a forum user's profile (someone who owns this chip) or a review of it might be helpful, since we are addressing potential buyers here. 

 

Other than that, awesome post!

 

8 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Custom Built Router

Wait...do people actually make these??? And put desktop CPUs in them? lol

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

Wait...do people actually make these??? And put desktop CPUs in them? lol

Yeah, Linus did  

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

The 4930K is beaten by the Ryzen 5 1600X in most cases and doesn't really belong in tier 1 imo. I feel like you should make another tier and put the Threadripper chips and Core i9s there. A 7920X and 1950X don't fall in the same performance tier as a measly 4930K, 4960X, 5820K, or 5930K.

 

I think you should disregard the brands and just list them in order of performance - to the uninformed user, it might seem like the 1950X beats out the 7980XE (I know it's not released but there's no way this'll happen).

 

Also, linking the name of each CPU to a forum user's profile (someone who owns this chip) or a review of it might be helpful, since we are addressing potential buyers here. 

 

Other than that, awesome post!

 

Wait...do people actually make these??? And put desktop CPUs in them? lol

That's what I'm doing right now. I'm making yet another CPU Tier List and I'm going to post it. stay tuned

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

Yeah, Linus did  

ofc

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11 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

The X CPUs have a higher TDP as well as "Xtended Frequency Range".

Alright, but yeah I'm pretty sure they don't have better overclocking headroom.  Take the 1700 vs 1800X for example, or even 1700 vs 1700X.  All three typically get to somewhere around 4, but they each start from a very different place.

[AlTech]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

Alright, but yeah I'm pretty sure they don't have better overclocking headroom.  Take the 1700 vs 1800X for example, or even 1700 vs 1700X.  All three typically get to somewhere around 4, but they each start from a very different place.

Ummm. I've heard of a lot of people wih 1800Xs having a lot nicer OC experience than 1700

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Just now, AluminiumTech said:

Ummm. I've heard of a lot of people wih 1800Xs having a lot nicer OC experience than 1700

really?  Hm, maybe early batches were different then?  idk, I've heard different things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[AlTech]

32 minutes ago, dexT said:

Do you want overclocked? I've got some I'll give you later if so. I'll do CSMark on the G3258 as I'm testing some DDR3 in a bit but I won't bother if you only want stock.

Ok, 0.13.1 is out. You can do the testing cos the bugs have been squashed .

[MoonlightSylv]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Ok, 0.13.1 is out. You can do the testing cos the bugs have been squashed .

Link?

[AlTech]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

Link?

https://github.com/AluminiumTech/CSMark/releases/latest

[LienusLateTips]

I'm almost done