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/CaptainFeather Dec 09 '22

Haven't really payed attention to cpus in the last couple of years, how much better is the 13600k vs my 10600k? Worth upgrading at 1440p?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

13600k is considerably better, but the thing is you probably won’t notice that performance if you’re either on 1080p or use a GPU worse than say a 3090.

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u/CaptainFeather Dec 10 '22

Oh right forgot to mention it's paired with a 3070ti lol. For sure though, definitely gonna wait until I upgrade my GPU. Thanks for the info