Intel vs AMD. Which do you prefer, and why?

Good Evening,

In my person experience, in both building and using Windows computers - I prefer Intel over AMD.

AMD is always less expensive, but, you get what you pay for. AMD offers great performance, but not long-lasting. This is not to give the impression that AMD is a terrible company. I will take an AMD Graphics Card over NVIDIA. As the performance is unbeatable for the price, and is very reliable.

Intel has always been my preference due to it's reliability. A computer is nothing without a good processor. Intel may be a little pricier, but their game backs up their pricing. They offer strong, powerful, and reliable processors.

Despite a PC / Apple fanboy's opinion - Apple uses quality parts in their builds, there is a reason they choose Intel as their main processor, and AMD as their upgraded Graphics.

I hope this helps!

I've always preferred an Intel/Nvidia combo. They've just been the better choice imo at the time of purchase. After 30+ years of gaming. Started PC gaming in the 90s. Actually started with AMD GFX card and Intel CPU. As time went on I gravitated to NVidia and Intel for various reasons.

But recently my TV died so it's time to decide if I want 60, 120Hz, larger screen, 144Hz, 1440p, 1080p........

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Currently Intel is better at every price point, especially for gaming. Amd is releasing a new cpu soon that might change this.

AMD - British innovation at it's best.

Neither.

I buy whatever gives me the right performance for the dollar. One thing I look at when I buy a CPU is, how long will this last until I have to upgrade?

AMD just hasn't made anything good in quite a while so most people, including myself, go with Intel. The last AMD CPU I bought was a Phenom II X4 CPU in 2009. Intel has left AMD in the dust after the 2nd Generation Intel Core processors came out in 2011.


But it's really foolish to buy a CPU because of Brand recognition or core count. You really have to look at how well it performs. Intel's Pentium 4 was junk and the AMD Athlon 64 was much better. The AMD FX 8 core CPU isn't all that good because it has weak single core performance and it runs hot. The upcoming AMD Zen processors could be a smash hit or garbage.

Mostly AMD - for any given budget, you get more CPU performance using (the appropriate) AMD CPUs than you do with Intel.

Better value for desktop / gaming CPUs - see the "value" graph on this page:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8350+Eight-Core

Better performance and better value in multi-CPU setups:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/multi_cpu_pt7.html

And AMD are used in Supercomputers as well, for that reason:-

https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/computing-resources/titan-cray-xk7/

You can get a faster single Intel CPU than any single AMD CPU - but the last time I worked it out, you could put together a quad CPU board (64 core and rather faster) for the cost of that one top Intel chip...


(I do use Intel - the little all-in-one ITX motherboards fitted with Atom CPUs; the power consumption is in the single-digits of watts range & they are excellent for for some network & storage setups).

Depends what you want to do.

For gaming and performance - you want AMD. For portability and number crunching you want Intel.

Intel hasn't really done anything much these days and is just pushing old rebranded chips as new tech. AMD has really pushed out the boats and it's why you can get some top class gaming cards that work with even old AMD chips.

My desktop has Intel, my laptop has AMD. They do the job well, 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other. Just a matter of taste.

Right now I'm using Intel because it's significantly faster than AMD's best chip.

But I also bought it before Intel's crazy price hike we've seen the last couple years.

I like to buy CPUs that I can upgrade later without having to change the motherboard. In the past AMD was best at this but right now all their CPU sockets are basically dead.

Basically I get the cheapest CPU that does what I need it to. Just compare benchmarks on CPU World or Passmark and you'll see what performance they have.

Also, most programs are not going to get any benefit from 6 or 8 CPU cores. Avoid waiting money buying a CPU with lots of cores your computer won't use.

Intel processor is better than AMD because intel is an old established company which can be trusted blindly.In this case, using an Intel Core i3 or i5 CPU rather than an AMD equivalent can be the difference between 15 and 30 frames per second.