AMD 8350 vs. Intel i5 3570k for GAMING

[xenova]

My friends and I are in a heated argument over which cpu is superior for gaming. Which of these CPUs has greater overclock potential, less energy consuming, and is superior in overall gaming?

 

[iceclock]

the i5 is barely faster than the amd 8350.

overall the 8core amd is a better value in my mind.

i dunno im ready to sacrifice a few fps to get 4 more cores. anyday of the week

 

[Rickyrozay209]

I'm making this decision currently and I'm a gamer so that's what I care about most when it comes down to it.

I have two set ups running currently and regardless of which processor I choose I'll need a motherboard upgrade.

If I get the i5 I'll be spending $315
But if I get the 8350 I'll be spending $302.

Both are nearly the same price and I'll for sure be doing some overclocking. I almost feel like I just need to flip a coin.

 

[djangoringo]

This might help you decide :

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/original/2012/12/BF3-Test-Multiplayer-CPU-Benches-720p.png
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/fx-8350-8320-6300-4300_6.html#sect0
http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/9
http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/5

 

[iceclock]

its easy. if u want those extra 5-10fps witch wont really matter.

go for the intel, if u want gaming, super multi-tasking power. go with the 8350. since the 3570k only has 4 cores+4hyper-threading software cores.

 

[Rickyrozay209]

its easy. if u want those extra 5-10fps witch wont really matter.

go for the intel, if u want gaming, super multi-tasking power. go with the 8350. since the 3570k only has 4 cores+4hyper-threading software cores.

Yea I understand this as well, but for the games that rely on one core at a time the i5 is much better it seems however what games will really be made like that from now on, probably not much and on multi-core usage game wise they both pretty much are on par.

I'm not sure if I should be worried about the power consumption or not in the 8350 but it does look pretty damn high.

 

[iceclock]

its not high. its higher than intel but high is relative.

 

[ElMoIsEviL]

It depends how you define "superior in gaming". Believe it or not there are differing views here.

First of all are we looking at a real world scenario test or a purely empirical scientific test?

In terms of a Real World Scenario you have to break it down into a few sub groups. One being Single GPU and the other Multi-GPU.

For Single GPU Real World Gaming performance the FX-8350 and the i5-3570K would be equal (bottle-necked by the GPU).
For Multi GPU Real World Gaming performance the i5-3570K would come out on top if the GPUs are 2x Radeon HD 7950+ for AMD or 2x GeFroce GTX 670+ for nVIDIA.

For the purely empirical scientific test the Intel i5-3570K would be coming out on top in pretty much any game. Why? Because we'd be alleviating all other system bottlenecks (thus running at lower resolutions) in order to isolate the CPU performance.

I'd be of the opinion that for gaming what matters is purely Real World. So what will tend to matter will be whether or not if you'll be running a Multi-GPU configuration.

If Multi-GPU... go Intel for top performance
If Single-GPU... go AMD and save yourself some money.

This opinion applies purely for a Gaming system FYI.

 

[xenova]

Best answer selected by Xenova.

 

[iceclock]

yes correct.

 

[bmarko85]

I'm not a computer whiz, so please go easy on me. I just need someone to clarify for me an observation I mode. I am actually hoping that the majority here is correct as I am presently building an Intel pc...

On passmark.com, FX-8350 performance is just a little bit lower than i7-3770. According to this site, 8350 actually outperforms every other 1155 i7 processor and literally blows every i5 processor out of the water.

How come?

I heard people mention things about hyper and multi-threading and utilizing more cores... what types of operations/applications actually benefit from more cores? Are we talking 3Dmax? Bioinformatics like sequence analysis? Do any games (what type) utilize more cores?

Thanks.