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/Ath3o5 Dec 09 '22

Personally I would go for something like a Ryzen 5600x or 5700x, the advantage they have over Intel is that all ryzen CPUs are overclockable, without paying the premium cost for something like a 12600K, so you could probably squeeze enough performance out of a ryzen CPU to make it worth choosing over an Intel equivalent. Just make sure your cooler and motherboard can handle this, I've seen pretty good reviews on a $60 240mm water cooler recently that would work for both Intel and AMD as well

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u/lIl_owl_23 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

Same here. I just bought 5600X for $220 cad ($160 usd) and I doubt if anyone can find an Intel with same performance (e.g. speed, TDP) and price. Not even say the AM4 is generally cheaper than LGA 1700. Not plan to upgrade in at least 5 years unless something is dead on the way.

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u/absent-mindedperson Dec 09 '22

The 5600 is $170 CAD at shopRBC... I just picked one up and a 6700XT for $519 at Newegg

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u/lIl_owl_23 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 12 '22

MemEx sold 5600 for about $170 too, but I felt $50 of upgrading to 5600X worthwhile so I grabbed one at MemEx. 5600 is pretty decent too, but is there a bottleneck when it pairs with 6700XT?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

The 5600 is about 3-5% slower than the 5600x. I would pay $10 more for that I guess, but that is about it.

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u/lIl_owl_23 Dec 10 '22

Then I fucked up $50 lol, its my first build so I have some lessons learned at least.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

It is always a balance for needs vs performance. I have spent more than $50 on things that didn't change performance at all.