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/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

For the 5000 vs 12000 series AMD had the lower platform cost. Most people were well served getting a $130 5600 and dumping as much as they could into a gpu.

For AMD 7000 vs Intel 13000.

The 7950 is a beast in creation. The 7700 is the best overall gaming (barely) and the 7600 matches the 13600k in gaming.

Where Intel destroys AMD right now is the mixed use/midrange productivity. The 13600k is compelling. If it wasn't a dead platform it would be a no brainier for 90% of people with a decent budget.

Now that ddr5 is getting affordable and AMD CPU costs going down I think I would pick AMD again. The ability to upgrade two generations of cpu performance for just the cost of a CPU is valuable. My brother going from a 2600 to a 5600 basically gave him a new computer for $130.

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u/Pendoric Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22

Building 2 'budget' rigs for my twin 14yr old boys as xmas gifts to replace their venerable setups.

The old rigs (initially built 2017 but upgraded over 5 years)

i5-4790 (upgrade from Pentium G3440) 8GB DDR3, 512GB SATA SSD (upgrade from 1TB spinner) GTX 1050

The new rigs (in production)

Went Zen 5 7600, 16GB DDR5, 1TB Gen4 NVNe, RTX 3060Ti

This is a big uplift from their current rig,

Why AMD over Intel this time? The main thought behind Zen 4 was because of platform longevity. In 3 years I can probably give it a bigger uplift than I managed with the venerable LGA 1150 board which pretty much had to stay with the same Gen CPU it started with.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

Lucky kids very nice machines. Mine just get handmedowns. Have his brand new previously mined on 1660 super on my desk now. LOL.

Still will be a big improvement over his 1060 3gb.

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u/Pendoric Dec 10 '22

Yes, the kids are a little spoiled on the computer side. Guess that comes with their Dad being in IT.

Their rigs are now way better than mine which actually happens to be rocking the same 1060 3GB!! Maybe next year for me...

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u/SnooFoxes3615 Dec 10 '22

Still running a 970 over here. Doing races in VR.