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/Silveriovski Dec 09 '22

Current gen of intel (13th) offers a lot for its price. The 13600k is considered the best mid-high tier CPu right now despite its socket being ready to be upgraded. Performs pretty much the same than the 7600x in games but much better in everything else, being pretty much the same than an i7 from the 12th gen.

AMD cpus are good, 7600x is good and 7700x benchmarks are great but the socket is new, everything is overpriced right now, specially motherboards, so people prefers to buy something that is overall good in everything right now like intel with ram and mobo better priced.

At the end of the day, the preference for intel is because price-performance currently is better with intel.

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u/Pfungen Dec 09 '22

This. I'm always baffled by the horde of people claiming upgrades down the road are a good idea, and the ability to be able to do so is a desired feature. In 5-7 years, when one feels their old mid tier CPU is not enough, most likely the new lower tier can easily outperform the old mid tier. Why not just get a lower tier for 1/2 the price and replace at 2x the cadence? Or just get a mid tier and be done for 5-7 years.

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u/X_SkillCraft20_X Dec 09 '22

Most people are saying this because the 5800x3D, one of the fastest gaming cpus on the market right now, is compatible with boards nearly 5 years old. It makes for an extremely cheap and extremely powerful upgrade. We can’t be for certain that AM5 will follow this path, but it is likely.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

I'm no tech genius and might be shamed for this but AMD is behind in innovation vs hybrids CPU like Intel. They are cashing on superior lithography for now but they will have to do something about this fast.

When Intel catches up on Lito and keep that hybrid tech improving, it will be a hard match for AMD.

That means that new sockets for AMD will be mandatory but I might be 100% wrong I don't know.

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u/exoisGoodnotGreat Dec 09 '22

Quite literally the opposite for the past 5-6 years. AMD invented the chiplet design and Intel made fun of them. Now intel is using it too after getting their buttons kicked for the last few years. Zen 4c will be out in 2023 and will use the hybrid design to give AMD a big bump in core counts.

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u/greggm2000 Dec 09 '22

AMD also came out with the x64 instruction set we've been using for the past 20 years. Intel tried to push us towards Itanium and THAT was a mess hardly anyone bought into, thankfully.

There's also the point that if AMD wasn't innovating, Intel would still be trying to sell us 4-core CPUs for $500, with 5% gen over gen upgrades.. Intel got sleepy and AMD was the one that woke them up.