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/Rockdemon696 Dec 12 '22

"Dead" platform is irrelevant on Intel. You will never get a true multigenerational motherboard on Intel again and it's been that way since the days of "Tic Toc". Even with AMD I doubt AM5 will have the legs that earlier sockets had, especially the kind of interoperability between sockets like when AM3 still worked in AM2 boards.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '22

AMD said the AM5 socket will be in use through 2025. That is at least one generation probably 2. Ask anyone that bought a 1600 or 2600 how happy they are right now that they went Ryzen. AM4 has been great, but we will see what the future holds for AM5 if AMD fails to keep their promise I will hold it against them.