Question about Ryzen 2700X vs Intel 8700K

[LEXXIUS]

Hi, in the following video:

after 4:49 in his benchmarks of the GPUs, both systems with Ryzen 2700x and Intel i7 8700K performed almost the same. Everywhere else on the Internet (in game benchmarks), Ryzen 2700X performs around 15-20% worse in games than the i7 8700K. How does Ryzen match up to Intel here?

 

I'm genuinely interested because I want to build a new gaming PC in the next 2 months (until I have everything I need for the price I want) and I'm undecided on AMD or Intel. AMD because of the possibility of an easy and less costly upgrade to 7nm Ryzen 3000 series. Also, I don't want to wait for another year for the new CPUs, my current build is from 2011 with a GTX580...

[Zagna]

In 4K, difference between Intel and AMD is diminished greatly compared to lower resolutions.

[danrey84]

CPU at 4k becomes almost irrelevant as you become more GPU bound rather than CPU. 

[xg32]

5 hours ago, LEXXIUS said:

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it's 4k, the difference doesn't kick in until like 80 fps in some games, 100 in others.If you look at the CSGO min frame rates, the difference is still there when the fps gets high enough.

 

Also some tests were showing bottlenecks from the 8700k, let alone the 2700x to the 2080 ti in even 1440p, so unless you have a 4k monitor, keep that in mind.

[LEXXIUS]

Thank you all for the clarification. I want to get an ultrawide 3440x1440 120Hz monitor. Based on benchmarks I could find now both processors had little difference on 2560x1440=3,6megapixels, which should be even smaller on 3440x1440=~5Mp or 4K = 8.3Mp. I think Ryzen would be the better choice, especially because of the easy upgradeability to Ryzen 3000x 7nm later on.

 

What do you think about Ryzen with that resolution + 120Hz?

[Carclis]

5 hours ago, LEXXIUS said:

Thank you all for the clarification. I want to get an ultrawide 3440x1440 120Hz monitor. Based on benchmarks I could find now both processors had little difference on 2560x1440=3,6megapixels, which should be even smaller on 3440x1440=~5Mp or 4K = 8.3Mp. I think Ryzen would be the better choice, especially because of the easy upgradeability to Ryzen 3000x 7nm later on.

 

What do you think about Ryzen with that resolution + 120Hz?

If your goal is high refresh then there will be a noticeable difference between the Ryzen and Intel parts. It just comes down to whether or not you think the extra performance is worth the $$$.