Should I go Intel or AMD

[Trakkson]

I'm about to build my new rig and I can't decide on CPU. My GPU will be 4070Ti*, and for CPU I'm thinking about i5-13600KF or R7 5800X3D. Which one of these will be better for that GPU @1440p? Various kinds of games.

 

I like to have YT/Twitch open on my second monitor, sometimes multiple Chrome tabs, so I'm thinking that could make use of Intel's efficiency cores. Ryzen is a bit more expensive here, but mobos are cheaper, so with AMD whole setup would be about $100 cheaper. But that's not a big deal, I'm willing to go Intel if that's the better option.

 

*Yes, I'm going 4070Ti. That's what fits in my budget. Only other option would be to go with used 3090, which is: about the same price, used, older, and more power hungry. And as much as I don't like Nvidia, I'm not going AMD because I want CUDA/Tensor support. 

[Shimejii]

i use a 5800x3D, and its done great. See what games you play, what CPU does better, and choose that one. Some games like the Vcache, some prefer clock speed, so base your choice on that. Both are on dead platforms (unless intel does the 14th gen as a refresh again or a 13th special edition refresh.

[DarkD]

If u r going to oc the cpu then go for intel for sure it has faster clock speeds and the 13600kf is a grwat value fir money but go with a z mobo

[RONOTHAN##]

13600KF. It's faster in most games, and if you actually plan to make sure of CUDA/Tensor stuff the extra multithreaded performance will be very appreciated. 

[Zando_]

Should be about even, 5800X3D draws less power. The 13600KF will be more consistently fast as some games don't give a shit about the 5800X3D's extra cache, but neither is a slow chip. 

 

Here's benches with a 4090 for the 13900K vs the 5800X3D, the 13600K is within margin of error of the i9 usually IIRC, so the gap will be slightly smaller but not by much: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/rtx-4090-53-games-core-i9-13900k-vs-ryzen-7-5800x3d/2.html

[Brooksie359]

Honestly at this point it would be personally preference as they are so close in performance. I guess the i5 has better multicore performance with its bunch of e cores but I think you need windows 11 to really make use of them. 

[Issac Zachary]

What about an upgrade path? Isn't the next "X3D" Ryzen Processor the Ryzen 9 7900X3D? That would be on a different socket, so you would never be able to upgrade to that. But a Core i5-13600KF could be upgraded to a Core i7-13700KF or a Core i9-13900KF if you need more processing power in the future without changing your whole motherboard.

Of course there are other Ryzen processors that fit in the AM4 socket that could also be better than the 5800X3D. But that's my own two cents and I'm no expert, but I thought I'd throw that out there anyway.

[Trakkson]

Thanks for help guys. As for upgrades, I probably won't change anything for the next 3-4 years and then I'll jump 2-3 generations forward. So dead platforms are not a concern really. I think it'll ultimately come down to whichever one I fancy buying.