I have something rather interesting today: what appears to be the first benchmark of the AMD Raven Ridge 4 core/ 8 thread configuration as well as an x86 name we rarely hear: VIA, or more accurately in this case, Zhaoxin. The benchmarks in question were actually published on the official Zhaoxin page but have since been removed (not before we got a copy of them though). Since the benchmark is from the company's official page, there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of this leak.

Zhaoxin rolls out competitive x86 lineup on the 28nm and 16nm node - pits them against unreleased AMD Raven Ridge 4 core 8 thread APU

This particular leak is actually about the Raven Ridge platform, which is basically a Zen 4 core / 8 thread configuration APU with a Vega GPU side. That said, the performance of this chip would be pretty similar to the Ryzen 4C 8T counterpart (at same clocks), so it is a fairly accurate metric to get an estimate from. The benchmark however, isn't the best choice and represents a very very limited sample size and leaves a lot to be desired. That said, beggars cannot be choosers and without any further ado, here is the exclusive first look at AMD's Raven Ridge platform (as well as some mighty powerful competitors from Zhaoxin, lets not forget about the impressive underdog!):

While the color key is hard to read, the CPUs are listed in the order that they appear which makes it easy to figure out which bar belongs to which CPU.

The benchmark image is of a very low quality and the color codes are hard to distinguish so I have taken the liberty of transcribing them onto the table below. As you can see, the Raven Ridge counterpart offers performance that (in Fritz Chess benchmark at the very least) is on par with Intel's Core i5 6600 offering. What is perhaps even more impressive, is that the Zhaoxin ZX-E 8 core processor is well within the same tier of performance (and fabricated at a comparable 16nm FinFET node at that!)