For a long time, both Intel and AMD have held the leadership in processors created for domestic and even industrial computer systems, something that is not a problem for those countries that do not have restrictions on the sale of products from these brands. But in regions like China this is something quite bad, since the two North American companies that lead the computer sector cannot market their products in the Asian country as they would like, one of the main reasons why many companies in the area are trying to create their own processors chinese that do not have any type of external restriction.
The advances that have been made in recent years in the field of computing are extremely great, it is one of the most advanced sectors and that due to its evolution has managed to change the world in a very short time, so the fact that a country does not have an advanced level of computing, it leaves it far behind in certain aspects. This is what has prompted China to offer a series of additional resources to companies that focus on manufacturing PC hardware, to try to match its eternal rival, the United States, in technology, but for now, its chips are far behind Intel and AMD.
Zhaoxin’s new processor fails to match those from Intel or AMD from more than 3 years ago
During the last months we have seen how from China They are making really big efforts to try to make their own processors in this way, not having to depend so much on North American manufacturers such as AMD, Intel and even Qualcomm. But the advances do not seem to be going too well, since apparently the only company that is making really considerable advances is Loongson, which although they are about four generations behind, are the ones with the most advanced processors on the Chinese market.
Another of the main companies that is within this technological race is Zhaoxinwho have presented their new processors KaiXian KX-7000based on a completely new microarchitecture, which, despite having quite considerable improvements with respect to its previous creations, are not capable of reaching the Intel and AMD models from many years ago.
To see how the company’s new eight-core KaiXian KX-7000/8 performs, PCWatch has put it to the test against a 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and a quad-core Intel Core i3-8100. The tests are not too good for the Chinese processor, since even facing two processors from 3 and 7 years ago respectively, it only manages to surpass the i3 in some aspects, but without a difference that is too big.
Benchmark | KiaXian KX-7000/8 | Core i3-8100 | Ryzen 5 5600G |
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CPU-Z | S.T. | 335.9 | 422.2 | 615.3 |
CPU-Z | M.T. | 2517.2 | 1618.4 | 4790.5 |
Cinebench R23 | S.T. | 584 | 953 | 1435 |
Cinebench R23 | M.T. | 3595 | 3585 | 10387 |
3DMark | Time Spy | 42 | 469 | 1440 |
3DMark | Fire Strike | 86 | 1150 | 3662 |
3DMark | Night Raid | 936 | 5771 | 16147 |
3DMark | Time Spy | RX6400 | 3512 | 3504 | 3735 |
3DMark | Fire Strike | RX6400 | 8632 | 9140 | 10327 |
3DMark | Night Raid | RX6400 | 26506 | 24076 | 34204 |
Dragon Quest X | iGPU | 2518 | 4704 | 12137 |
Dragon Quest X | RX6400 | 4808 | 7387 | 9505 |
Final Fantasy XIV | RX6400 | 6578 | 7186 | 8521 |
Power Consumption | CB R23 | 112W | 64W | 102W |
Power Consumption | CB R24 | 38W | 23W | 24W |
It should be noted that we are talking about a processor with a consumption of more than 100 W, something much higher than what, for example, the AMD 8000 series have as a base, and even some of the new 9000 series, while they offer a much higher performance compared to the energy consumption they have, something that demonstrates the failure that Chinese processors have in terms of efficiency and performance.