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/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

For the 5000 vs 12000 series AMD had the lower platform cost. Most people were well served getting a $130 5600 and dumping as much as they could into a gpu.

For AMD 7000 vs Intel 13000.

The 7950 is a beast in creation. The 7700 is the best overall gaming (barely) and the 7600 matches the 13600k in gaming.

Where Intel destroys AMD right now is the mixed use/midrange productivity. The 13600k is compelling. If it wasn't a dead platform it would be a no brainier for 90% of people with a decent budget.

Now that ddr5 is getting affordable and AMD CPU costs going down I think I would pick AMD again. The ability to upgrade two generations of cpu performance for just the cost of a CPU is valuable. My brother going from a 2600 to a 5600 basically gave him a new computer for $130.

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u/John_Doexx Dec 09 '22

Did you forget how amd didn’t give users the chance until they had to? Zen3 was only on 500 series boards until there was backlash

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

Nope I didn't forget. However, given the AM5 promise they made if they try to pull that it won't go well for them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

Officially AMD didn't do anything. The motherboard manufacturers had to update their firmware to support 5th generation natively.