La prima vedere: on par with Core i7-6900K and that without frequency boost.
links:
- AMD’s Zen CPU is now called Ryzen, and it might actually challenge Intel | Ars Technica
- AMD's RYZEN Outshines Intel's Best In 7 Different Benchmarks & Demos - New Horizon Recap, AMD Is Back!
- http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/new-horizon
- AMD Picks 'Ryzen' to brand Zen CPU, Reveals 3.4 GHz clock and more details - PC Perspective
- Jim Keller (engineer) - Wikipedia
- etc.
tl;dr:
If AMD can bring 8-core chips to the mainstream, and can close the gap on Intel’s single-threaded performance, the CPU market might get the kick up the arse it sorely needs