Trying to learn more about AMD

[PrimeMinister]

Hey guys, so I've been hearing a lot of people lately saying that AMD is better than Intel/Nvidia (depends if it's graphics or cpu that's mainly talked about) or just general hype about it. So I wanna learn about why it's so popular and what about AMD stands out nowadays? (I'm not asking this to cause arguments or anything, I'm honestly just trying to learn more about AMD)

[Vishera]

AMD has better efficiency than Intel,very close in performance while being significantly cheaper.

AMD also has a lot more cores to offer.

On the GPU side Nvidia is still much better no question about it,AMD's cards are cheaper but won't get anywhere near a 2080 Ti.

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, PrimeMinister said:

Hey guys, so I've been hearing a lot of people lately saying that AMD is better than Intel/Nvidia (depends if it's graphics or cpu that's mainly talked about) or just general hype about it. So I wanna learn about why it's so popular and what about AMD stands out nowadays? (I'm not asking this to cause arguments or anything, I'm honestly just trying to learn more about AMD)

It's easiest to just look at benchmarks and see its performance then look at its pricing.

AMD isn't the best in every price class, but does pose some really competitive chips (in terms of price/performance) in the market, plus there are some good value boards too (especially since you don't have to pay 150 USD or more to run memory higher than 2666/2933Mhz).

 

Particularly the 3300X, 3600, 3700X, 3900X and all above that (including Threadripper) pose really great price/performance.

[DevBlox]

CPU wise, I get much better performance on my tasks for a much better price. Threads is what I need, and higher-end AMD CPUs have plenty. They have Intel so far back in the dust in this regard it's crazy.

 

GPUs are not as competitive (feature-wise especially), but I've still got one. That's because I run Linux and I don't even need to install drivers on my system, AMD cards have that perk there.

[SansVarnic]

-= Topic moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory =-

[PrimeMinister]

21 hours ago, minibois said:

It's easiest to just look at benchmarks and see its performance then look at its pricing.

AMD isn't the best in every price class, but does pose some really competitive chips (in terms of price/performance) in the market, plus there are some good value boards too (especially since you don't have to pay 150 USD or more to run memory higher than 2666/2933Mhz).

 

Particularly the 3300X, 3600, 3700X, 3900X and all above that (including Threadripper) pose really great price/performance.

Ok, I'll keep it in mind. thx

[PrimeMinister]

22 hours ago, Vishera said:

AMD has better efficiency than Intel,very close in performance while being significantly cheaper.

AMD also has a lot more cores to offer.

On the GPU side Nvidia is still much better no question about it,AMD's cards are cheaper but won't get anywhere near a 2080 Ti.

 

21 hours ago, DevBlox said:

CPU wise, I get much better performance on my tasks for a much better price. Threads is what I need, and higher-end AMD CPUs have plenty. They have Intel so far back in the dust in this regard it's crazy.

 

GPUs are not as competitive (feature-wise especially), but I've still got one. That's because I run Linux and I don't even need to install drivers on my system, AMD cards have that perk there.

 

So AMD's CPUs are more bang for your buck? While graphics card wise, there's not much difference?

[Vishera]

Just now, PrimeMinister said:

So AMD's CPUs are more bang for your buck?

True,but they have more cores as well.

AMD's mainstream flagship is the 16 core 3950X,while Intel's flagship - the 10900K is only 10 cores.

 

1 minute ago, PrimeMinister said:

While graphics card wise, there's not much difference?

Nvidia has a significant advantage in performance.