discussion AMD 2600 vs 9400f?

[JJThomp]

The 9400f does 4.1Ghz max IIRC and the 2600 could likely be clocked to 4.1Ghz, that would mean your point about the higher Intel clocks is invalid when comparing these two cpus.

Oh yeah I wasn't making a specific reference to these two processors, obviously it makes no sense to buy a locked Intel processor when there is an AMD equivalent within the price range. My only point is that if you are going with intel for IPC that lead is negligible, their real lead when it comes to gaming is on clock speed and the 9400f doesn't even get that.

I think the real reason to avoid AMD is that if you don't know how to OC memory and your XMP profile fails you are going to be running them much slower and take a 10-15% performance haircut. That being said I also encourage everyone to select good memory kits when buying AMD to try and avoid this problem.

 

[MARSTG]

I mean the IPC lead is pretty much gone

And, yet, most gaming systems are built with Intel CPUs, not AMD. Now, why is that happening ?

 

[Marzipan]

Intel still has the edge on IPC...most benchmarks reveal this, especially so in games...however the IPC is expected to be equal or favoring AMD with their coming Zen 2 based CPU's.

 

[JJThomp]

And, yet, most gaming systems are built with Intel CPUs, not AMD. Now, why is that happening ?

As I mentioned before it's because Intel processors clock faster they are only about 5% better clock for clock. When you choose the 9400f it doesn't even really clock that much faster though. As someone who works in a place that sells computers and pays attention to the news I wouldn't say that most gaming systems aren't Intel anymore either. Seems pretty evenly split to me at my work but also many retailers are reporting higher AMD sales than Intel so I can only assume that is a broader market trend as well.

 

[upcoast604]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIiD75kCus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2vwHlY1M7A

To me I'd just look at the 2600x and let XFR2 do its job.

 

[Coach]

To me I'd just look at the 2600x and let XFR2 do its job.

My thinking has been moving in that direction. For a few bucks more I can slap a 2600x on a cheap b450 board and let it be. I would need some good ram though right? 3000mhz ought to do, correct?

 

[gingerbee]

difference between 2660 and 3200 is very very little from my experience and from what I have read

 

[moocow]

difference between 2660 and 3200 is very very little from my experience and from what I have read

On charts I been reading, anything faster than 3000 is diminishing return on performance. I don't care about OC-ing and tweaking at all so 3000 seems like a sweet spot and I would spend the money on other components like faster / larger NVME drive or get a X chip like others have mentioned and let XFR take care of it.