AMD versus Intel in 2020 - CPU price comparison

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AMD versus Intel in 2020 - CPU price comparison

Intel recently unveiled its 10th-generation Core S desktop processors - headlined by the Core i9-10900K - which it called the fastest gaming processor in the world.

Meanwhile, AMD's Ryzen 3000 series has proved to be a major success for the manufacturer, with high core and thread counts across the range making for powerful multi-threaded performance.

Intel is no longer as untouchable as in previous years, with AMD's increase in hardware performance and aggressive pricing spurring its sales.
 
zeck said:
Biggest struggle right now in actually finding a ryzen cpu in stock. Specifically ryzen 5.
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Same price, very slightly faster.
 
Intel were sitting on their laurels only dishing out a 5% performance increase every year. This allowed AMD to take over with a general multicore platform where Intel only had dual and quad core. Ironically this became Intel's strength until multicore gaming becomes mainstream.
 
I would disagree that Intel has better overclocking support.

To overclock intel, you need to buy a top end chipset and an unlocked K-series CPU

Compared to AMD where overclocking is available on nearly every motherboard and all CPUs

Also, the dollar pricing comparison does not align with local pricing.
 
And also some test results, if possible, would also be cool.
 
Wootwares prices will interesting when they get stock.
 
@rpm this article is false and misleading. Intel prices are per thousand sold. AMD's price is what consumers should be able to buy it at. You should know that difference before publishing an article where you pretend to be an authority.
You should have picked prices from Wootware, Takealot, etc. and stated estimated price based on how other products in the stack behaved, current listing is around $530 for the i9 at bestbuy.
 
Although benchmarks have shown it is unable to match the Ryzen 9 3950X’s multi-core performance, it should be noted the i9-10900k comes at a price of $488, substantially less than the 3950X’s $749.
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Why compare a 3950X to a 10900K? And its' $699 currently, while you don't have a proper price for a 10900K, just a tray price, while it will probably be around the $520 mark.

Then there's the TDP difference, price for motherboard, PCIe 4 support, etc. that all matter.

Due to their higher boost clock speeds, they also boast better overclocking capabilities.
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That's false, due to the very high clock speeds, there is very little to no overclocking headroom. The stock coolers are also horrendous, currently benching a 10700, can't do more than 2.9GHz sustained, that's horrendous. E.g. a 3800X is 3.9GHz base for 8 cores, while being around 15% better IPC, so around 4.3-4.5GHz equivalent to Intel's CPU, also coming with a way better cooler.

When comparing the processors based on similar prices, AMD’s big advantage – a higher core and thread count – becomes less relevant.

When it comes to base clock speeds, four out of the five AMD processors boast the faster base clock speed.

This is reversed when it comes to boost clock speeds, with Intel’s processors offering higher boost clock speeds for four of the five processors.
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Utterly wrong comparing GHz to GHz.
AMD’s current processors are supported on AM4 sockets, which means motherboards capable of holding a Ryzen 1000 or 2000 series are still able to support a 3000-series processor.

This means that an upgrade from one generation of a Ryzen CPU to the next would not require you to upgrade your motherboard.
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Just no, there was an entire fiasco about AMD's boards not supporting the latest gen, and the older <=300 boards will not be able to handle the new AMD CPU probably, there's a table somewhere about it.

Also stating Intel having good memory support is BS. Both are quite stable now, with Intel probably being less stable with the new gen, plus Intel locked memory overclocking.
 
zeck said:
Biggest struggle right now in actually finding a ryzen cpu in stock. Specifically ryzen 5.
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AMD RYZEN 5 3600X 6-Core 3.8 GHz (4.4 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 95W Desktop Processor

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Thanks for all the suggestions! Some list but don't think have stock due to distribution channels, but I'm not done going through them!
 
intel i5 - 10500 is wrong in the article:


Performance Specifications
  • # of Cores6
  • # of Threads12
  • Processor Base Frequency 3.10 GHz
  • Max Turbo Frequency 4.50 GHz
  • Cache12 MB Intel® Smart Cache
  • Bus Speed8 GT/s
  • Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency‡4.50 GHz
  • TDP65 W
 
Sapphiron said:
I would disagree that Intel has better overclocking support.

To overclock intel, you need to buy a top end chipset and an unlocked K-series CPU

Compared to AMD where overclocking is available on nearly every motherboard and all CPUs

Also, the dollar pricing comparison does not align with local pricing.
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Chookedy!
 
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