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ubkra

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# 261877 19-Dec-2019 12:32

From what I've read, Intel is better for gaming and more specifically single core gaming but AMD is better priced in general.

If I was to spend the same amount of money on a CPU from both Intel and AMD I'd get a better version AMD is this correct?

But the lower quality Intel may in fact be better for gaming? Is this correct and is there any real noticeable difference?

I'm not even sure what models I'm looking at yet, It'd be some mid to upper mid-range, I'm just trying to work out if should go AMD or Intel

rb99

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# 2378482 19-Dec-2019 12:40

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Expect questions about what you want to do and don't want to do and budget and whatever.

IMHO you correct, far as I can tell.

Personally, recently got a 3700x as I couldn't care less about gaming but wanted something decent (hopefully) for Handbrake / video type stuff.

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# 2378491 19-Dec-2019 12:52

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What I suggest when it comes to looking at machines is to make a list of all the things you want to do. Then make a budget.

Next, look at all the peripherals that you want, graphics cards, memory, hard disks, thunderbolt, HDMI, monitors and all of the standards that you want to be compliant with.

Finally, once you have that, then choose the CPU and mainboard to match.

Personally, I wouldn’t say any particular one is better at gaming than the other, because it all comes down to the capability of the games developers, and I suspect most of the time there code is pretty generic anyhow.

so really, it just comes down to personal choice I think.

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ShinyChrome

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# 2378495 19-Dec-2019 12:54

That historically has been correct, but the gap is so close now, there isn't much in it and varies case-by-case. Generally speaking for gaming though, most games don't scale well with multi-cores/threading, but respect higher core speeds which is where Intel has the lead. The GPU choice usually has a much bigger impact.

As rb99 said, answering those questions about your budget, are you building or buying, what sort monitor you are going to be using or resolution/frame rate targets if you know it, or what sort of games you will be playing (fps, rpg, TBS etc); will help us give you a better answer.

ubkra

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# 2378507 19-Dec-2019 13:15

I'm not looking for advice on what specific model to get, I'm more looking to see if Intel is the way I should go for a gaming machine over AMD.

But for example, using this list and these 3 options, the first 2 are top of each range (base on this list). AMD way cheaper and boost speed slightly slower. The i7, best intel at a similar price as no multi-threading but slightly higher boost speed

Which is best?

Intel Core i9 9900K

8 Cores, 16 Threads

Base 3.6Ghz Boost 5.0Ghz

$878.99

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

8 Cores, 16 Threads

Base 3.6Ghz Boost 4.4Ghz

$586.99

Intel Core i7-9700K

8 Cores, 8Threads

Base 3.6Ghz Boost 4.9Ghz

$695.00

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

Lias

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# 2378534 19-Dec-2019 13:45

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Yes, AMD was not really competitive for a very long time, but they have made a hell of a comeback and are kind of destroying Intel at the moment. That's without taking into specter, meltdown, etc.

As noted, most games tend to want single rather than multi thread performance, so for many people this is kind of the definitive list and advise to just buy the highest thing you can afford on this list:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

For your specific 3 CPU's, the Ryzen beats both those Intel CPU's in single threaded, so I'd kind of call that a no brainer.

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# 2378536 19-Dec-2019 13:47

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you can get the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Processor for about the same price as the Intel Core i9 9900K and they would be neck and neck in gaming, but the AMD would whip the Intel's butt at productivity tasks. look at all the options not just 3 from a random internet benchmark.

generally speaking Intel has higher clocks which go better with gaming but AMD as raw core count for productivity.

gaming performance also depends on the game, gfx card and monitor. so you need to look into those too.