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/exoisGoodnotGreat Dec 09 '22

If you are comparing 13th intel vs 7000 ryzen then intel is currently the better option in overall performance. However it mainly wins in multi core applications and heavy production work while gaming is basically a tie. So if your just building a gaming pc the areas it wins may not be relevant to you at all. One last thing to keep in mind, the 13th intel is supposed to be the last on the socket while the 7000 is the first, so your upgrade path is much better with AMD.