How do these 2 PC's fair?

[refinedskillz]

System 1:

i7 - 4790k

GTX 970

16GB RAM

SSD

 

System 2:

FX-8350

R9 380

16GB RAM
SSD

 

Which is more powerful and in which circumstances?

[desertcomputer]

First one ... Booth CPU/GPU more powerful. duh ... you are comparing two PC from two different leagues. 

[refinedskillz]

Just now, MrUnknownEMC said:

First one ... Booth CPU/GPU more powerful. duh ... you are comparing two PC from two different leagues. 

Oh shit my bad.

[abhigyan001]

1st One for Gaming 

2nd One for Multi threaded Operations.

 

Do a Benchmark and let it speak for itself.

[Ichi]

I assume you want to upgrade from system 2 to system 1 based on your sig.

The CPU is fine but for GPU, maybe you can consider RX480 or GTX1060 instead of GTX970.

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, abhigyan001 said:

1st One for Gaming 

2nd One for Multi threaded Operations.

 

Do a Benchmark and let it speak for itself.

I'd still rather take the 4790K build than the 8350 build for multi-threaded. Now in terms of price to performance in that scenario, that's different.

[Matias_Chambers]

The first one will be more powerful in all situations. 

[desertcomputer]

2 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

1st One for Gaming 

2nd One for Multi threaded Operations.

 

Do a Benchmark and let it speak for itself.

What? I7 beat the FX in multi tread and single tread out of the water .... but in money per dollar maybe not. 

[manikyath]

6 minutes ago, abhigyan001 said:

1st One for Gaming 

2nd One for Multi threaded Operations.

 

Do a Benchmark and let it speak for itself.

unless you have a god tier OC on your 8350 you're still gonna be better off with a 4790k

 

here's a comparison at "stock" between a 9590 and a 4790k (and yes, i know a 9590 is an OC'ed/binned 8350)

(yes, i am aware the cpu usage is lower on the 9590 than it is on the 4790k, i'm not sure what's the reason on it, but this is the best scaling cpu benchmark i have.)

[DocSwag]

9 minutes ago, MrUnknownEMC said:

What? I7 beat the FX in multi tread and single tread out of the water .... but in money per dollar maybe not. 

Money per dollar? Lol.

I think you mean performance per dollar  

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Money per dollar? Lol.

I think you mean performance per dollar  

the funny thing about FX's performance per dorrar is that while the chip itself is considerably cheaper, you need a mobo with better VRMs, and a bigger cooler to get the most out of it, basicly negating the cost difference. (and in some locations having your system only consume half of the power actually matters big time on the bill.)