Question R9-3900X vs i9-9900K, specific application

[vwcrusher]

Now that some benchmarks are available, I ask the community for an opinion:

My friend is a professional freelance videographer/editor; he needs a new PC, which we will build (won't be the first time). He uses Premiere Pro, but he is less concerned with rendering time than with the speed of live edit (editing efficiency). He is also a casual gamer.

Through much research we had determined that the 9900K CPU would be best for his specific needs, but now that there is some data on the new Ryzen CPUs, does the recommendation change? In looking at the published benchmarks it seems that for him the Intel may still be the best choice....no?

Please with your suggestion, explain why......and thanks.

 

[ch33r]

The 3600X beat the 9900K in some benchmarks, and the 9900K is actually a 9700K because of all the vulnerabilities, which means the 3900X would probably make the 9900K look like a Gameboy CPU

 

[Phaaze88]

That is quite the exaggeration. The patches didn't hit 8th and 9th gen Intel nearly as bad as you're suggesting. Older gens on the other hand...
The benchmarks are taking those patches into account. No, 9900k still stomps 3600, 3700x, and 3900x in games.

@ vwcrusher: I'd recommend the 3900x over the 9900k for your friend since his priority is his work, after all. These new Ryzen 3000 cpus clearly have the edge over Intel in professional workloads, but Intel is still gaming king.
3900x is even shown outperforming 2nd gen Threadripper! I can sort of imagine what Threadripper 3 has to bring.
There is also a 3950x, but AMD has put that card on hold for whatever ace Intel may have hidden in it's sleeve... they don't really have anything at the moment.

 

[jankerson]

Now that some benchmarks are available, I ask the community for an opinion:

My friend is a professional freelance videographer/editor; he needs a new PC, which we will build (won't be the first time). He uses Premiere Pro, but he is less concerned with rendering time than with the speed of live edit (editing efficiency). He is also a casual gamer.

Through much research we had determined that the 9900K CPU would be best for his specific needs, but now that there is some data on the new Ryzen CPUs, does the recommendation change? In looking at the published benchmarks it seems that for him the Intel may still be the best choice....no?

Please with your suggestion, explain why......and thanks.

If the 9900K does better with the software they are using then go with the 9900K.

If not then go with the RYZEN.

 

[vwcrusher]

Thanks for the replies; does anyone happen to know if Premiere Pro works 'better' with Intel CPUs or it doesn't matter that much?

 

[drea.drechsler]

...No, 9900k still stomps 3600, 3700x, and 3900x in games.

That is quite the exaggeration too. Even the biggest deltas in reviews I've seen would be unnoticeable to a reasonable user in real-world useage. And I've yet to see what happens when they start trying to do some multi-tasking while gaming, e.g., streaming video.

And the total stomping 3900X did clearly deliver to 9900K makes it almost irrelevant in the useage OP is asking about. He'd have to look into a vastly more expensive HEDT processor/system to compare to a 3900X.

 

[drea.drechsler]

Thanks for the replies; does anyone happen to know if Premiere Pro works 'better' with Intel CPUs or it doesn't matter that much?

Hardware Unboxed Compared Adobe Premiere... 3900X completes their benchmark test in 358 sec's to 9900K in 437sec's.

You have to look at an i9-7900X....10 core $1000 cpu ... to be anywhere close and even then 405sec's. And the 8 core 3700X completes it in 412 sec's.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDVUdpcKZMA


about 8:20 in

and Jays2Cents (?) He's stated before he uses Premiere heavily so I imagine he's picking some benchmarks to highlight what is important to him.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNH9FYgW8m4&t=1103s


about 7:20 in.

 

[vwcrusher]

Thanks for the comment: that being said most benchmarks for Premiere Pro focus on rendering; my friend is less concerned with how long it take to render than the Live Edit function. My question is which CPU does Live Edit better, and by how much?