Intel has released a new set of ‘real’ world performance benchmarks comparing its 10th Gen Desktop CPUs to the AMD Ryzen 3000XT lineup. The company specifically compares the gaming performance of its chip with its competitors and claims that they offer the best performance package at a cheaper price.
Intel claims that its Core i7-10700K is not only faster in gaming, but also better value than AMD’s Ryzen 3000XT CPUs
The new ‘real world’ performance glasses were shown at a presentation for the APAC regional market. Although Intel’s own CEO has stated that the sector needs to move on from the generic showcase of benchmarks, the recent decline in desktop processor inputs has led the company to win over the minds of consumers in the mainstream and high-performance CPU segments. with a new set of equations. We won’t start with how much controversy the slides for real performance benchmark have been marked since their first launch, but recently the blue team has started using similar pricing and similar configurations for specific performance leading to better display of usage in the real world.
Intel Core i7-10700K 8 Core vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12 Core CPUs compared
The comparison consists of the Intel Core i7-10700K and the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT. The Intel Core i7-10700K is an 8-core, 16-threaded CPU with a base clock of 3.80 GHz, boost clock of up to 5.10 GHz, 20 MB of memory and a TDP of 125W (229W PL2). The AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT is a 12-core, 24-thread CPU with a base clock of 3.80 GHz, a boost clock of up to 4.70 GHz, 70 MB of memory, and a TDP of 105W.
Intel says its Core i7-10700K CPU is cheaper with a starting price of $ 387 US ($ 409.99 US at Newegg), while the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT CPU is expensive at $ 499 US ($ 479.99 US at Amazon). The standard Ryzen 9 3900X which is not shown in these performance metrics costs $ 429.99 US which is a much better deal than the Ryzen 9 3900XT which offers up to 5% better performance but for a price difference of 10 percent.
Intel used similar test setups with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card and 16GB of DDR4 memory. The memory on the Intel platform ran at 2933 MHz speeds, while the AMD platform ran 3200 MHz DIMMs. Now there is no question as to which motherboard both setups used, but considering that X570 and Z490 boards end up costing the same, the price difference would be close with Intel offering a slightly better value against the Ryzen 9 3900XT.
The performance benchmarks show that the Intel Core i7-10700K was better than the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT in several AAA titles. The Intel CPU was up
- 23% faster in Total War: Warhammer 2
- 17% faster in Leauge of Legends
- 15% faster in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- 14% faster in Rocket League
- 12% faster in War Thunder Tank Battle
- 6% faster in Total War Three Kingdoms
In addition to the games where the Core i7 won a double-digit win against the Ryzen 9 CPU, Intel also showed several other titles where its CPU was more than 3% faster than the 3900XT. The lead was seen in 24 of the 30 tests. In the remaining tests, the Ryzen 9 3900XT secured an edge and surprisingly, the AMD CPU scored better than the Intel part in CSGO, which is one of the top-playing eSports titles. All performance tests were performed with a resolution of 1080p. The slides were shared by Benchlife, however, the exact appendix for workloads and configurations is not shown.
Sure Intel has a solid lead in gaming performance which was the whole purpose of this comparison, but a CPU with 12 cores and 24 thread also has several other advantages than just gaming. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT can deliver better performance to game streamers and for general productivity tasks and professional use which is why many gamers these days are running simultaneously on their desktop PCs.
It’s an added advantage of the various cores that Ryzen CPUs provide, and although Intel leads the gaming benchmarks, the gap is not huge, especially when we compare the standard Ryzen 9 3900X CPU, which costs quite identically to the Core i7-10700K in the retail segment. If you’re purely building a gamer-oriented machine, then Intel CPUs retain the advantage, but the real question is how long will this advantage last at Intel with Zen 3 coming fast to the desktop PC market.
