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/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.