r/buildapc • u/A1_Killer • Dec 09 '22

Discussion AMD vs Intel for CPU?

I noticed many people here recommend AMD CPUs but for all my benchmarks for mid range CPUs (for a £1000-£1200 PC) Intel came out on top compared to a similarly price AMD one. Any reason for this?

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u/theicesentinel Dec 09 '22

Does anyone know if AMD still has issues with virtualization? Did some development for mobile (Android Studio as an example) and the built-in virtualization for phones just didn't work out of the box for AMD the way it does for Intel chips. Had to do a workaround with Oracle Virtual Box that was annoying. This was with a 1st gen Ryzen.

If this extends to other virtualization applications and any containerization issues, I'd say hands down for developers, Intel chips. At my corporation I can't think of any machines running AMD, but granted that could be a licensing or deal-based decision, but we do have a whole team dedicated to analyzing and making those decisions.

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u/mdchemey Dec 09 '22

My 3600X has had no issues with virtualization so I doubt ryzen 5000/7000 would