Intel & AMD Processor Hierarchy (Archive)

[cangelini]

Here is a resource to help you judge if a CPU is a reasonable value: The gaming CPU hierarchy chart groups CPUs with similar performance.

Intel & AMD Processor Hierarchy : Read more

 

[adamovera]

Archived comments are found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3357094/intel-amd-processor-hierarchy.html

 

[GamingEnthusiast420]

Are these supposed to be in order? It will be a cold day in hell when an i7 3820 beats a 7600k.

 

[bahr]

I noticed there's AM1 Sempron 2650, but his big brother Athlon 5350 and 5150 is nowhere to be found. I wonder where they will fit in the hierarchy.
Also, how about those motherboard with onboard CPU such as Intel Celeron 3150 or 1037u? And lately, i've seen Biostar motherboard with an AMD A10-5745M. How they fare against older CPU.

 

[razamatraz]

Uhm, I see an R5 1600, but I only see price links for the rest of the R5s

 

[Dorothy_22]

No way an i7 3820 beats a 7600k!

 

[Pompompaihn]

I don't believe where a CPU lands within it's bracket is always as indicative of it's performance, the brackets themselves are supposed to be "Get something here and you're solid"

 

[sewalk]

Each bracket groups processors with broadly similar performance. Within each bracket, processors are listed in inverted alpha-numeric order, not by any kind of performance metric. I can't believe that this needs pointing out.

 

[Fahme_]

idon't believe where a CPU lands within it's bracket is always as indicative of it's performance, the brackets themselves are supposed to be "Get something here and you're solid"

 

[rsquared]

"For that, we recommend you check out our CPU Performance Charts." You mean the charts last updated in 2015? Yeah, those will be super helpful.

 

[TylerPlayz70]

Even if these are out of order, the intel processors have always been better. They are more expensive because of the quality. The quality is very high and the processors have better cooling. The quality, like I said affects how the processor runs. Cooling is very good on most i7s.

 

[mdivyakanth]

I found this CPU Hierarchy to be very helpful. It would be so more detail if the product lunch date is mentioned (just year is should be helpful ). hope it made sense.

 

[r13j13r13]

Ryzen 7 1700 the best

 

[Rasmuss]

I have xeon w3550 (basically i7 950) and it is much more powerful than any a10

 

[billygunn0812]

1600x is better than the 1700 in gaming. This chart isn't anything close to what is true.

 

[billygunn0812]

Also the 7700k sucks vs even a 1600 with multi tasking workloads. Obviously it wins gaming wise, but still this proves my statement... the chart isn't really a good show of "what is best"

 

[maxmorganwright04]

How about laptops?

 

[asapittech]

i would prefer ryzen.
Ryzen 7 is the best.

 

[csm101]

since you guys have reviewed 2 8th gen cpu's its time to update this hierarchy to reflect that.

 

[mamiefurax]

nice work on comparison

 

[MeeLee]

So, I still have a fully working 486 DX4, 100Mhz.
Where does this fit on the list?

 

[Schepkens Hendrik]

this doesnt seem right like my i7 6700k is slower than an i5 8400

 

[toobzman]

Absolutely gutted and really pointless chart. It has no overclock results for either Intel or AMD. As we all know, an overclock can raise a cpu's performance quite a bit. Since there is no overclocked results mentioned, a non K Intel cpu fares better then they would in reality. After all, what is the point of including a non k cpu along side a K cpu without the overclocking results. After all, that IS why someone buys a K CPU. Therefore, any chart that has both locked and unlocked cpu's together, HAS to HAVE an overclocked stat. Without those , the chart is pointless and truly only for the newbie, and definitely not for any enthusiast ...

 

[toobzman]

Frankly, this chart is so incomplete, it smacks of carelessness, or laziness. Why bother posting such a limited chart ? I read that you don't have access to every cpu, well then if that is the case, why are you doing this at all ? Makes me wonder why I subscribe here. Perhaps my estimation of this sites prowess is greatly overrated.

 

[dmoros78v]

My Core i7 920 still rocks, Can edit 1080p h264 video on Adobe Premiere (Mercury Engine FTW) can play the latest games still even flawless Dolphin Emulation on 1080p and 100% speed... Im amazed at how long this little fellow has lasted for me.

PD: I will never believe a Core i3 2100 beats a quad core with hyper threading i7 920, but w/e.