What makes the Intel core special?

[MyusenTT-1377087]

Hello I currently own an AMD Phenom II X4 955 and I aim to upgrade that Core but why is the Intel i5-4679K with only 0.2 GHz 100 $ more in price? What makes it special?

 

[rgd1101]

because it faster.

p.s. you can NOT compare processor just by the GHz.

 

[luckiest charm]

The difference is the higher per core performance. Each core of Intel is stronger than each core of AMD which gives you much higher frame rates. Games do not demand 8 cores at the moment. A quad core is all whats needed for now. That is why, a powerful quad core is a better alternative than an average octa-core.

That results in $100 difference. A Core i5 4670K can easily blow away Phenom II 965 BE / FX 6530 / FX 8350 because despite half the number of cores, overall per core performance is more.

 

[getochkn]

AMD has managed to get more physical cores and faster speeds in some cases, but Intel is more efficent at doing stuff in each of those GHZ, so the current winner is Intel because an Intel 3.5GHZ vs an AMD 3.5GHZ chip, the Intel is going to do better in most benchmarks and especially gaming.

Now if you're doing rendering, or stuff that can use all the cores, then an 8-core AMD starts to become attractive because then you have 8 cores at 3.5ghz, and even though the Intel can do more per core, the 4cores of the Intel vs the 8cores of the AMD, the AMD will.

Gaming though, most games only use 2 cores and starting to use 4, so in a I5 vs FX battle, the I5 will be faster, it can do more per core. In multi-core apps, the FX will do better overall.

 

[J_E_D_70]

The Intel CPUs are special because they're made from powdered unicorn and moonshine.

 

[MyusenTT-1377087]

Thanks alot you guys. As you could see in the header I am a complete PC illiterate as far as the hardware goes. I am now looking at benchmarks and yes, it's going to be used for gaming.

Thanks alot. <3

 

[luckiest charm]

Yeps exactly.

Most of the people go for i5 only if their purpose is of gaming. Gladly games don't take advantage of both Hyper-Threading and 8 cores.
For rendering stuff, they in most cases, go for i7 from Intel because HT makes an i7 as good as FX series. Although prices are higher, much higher.

The Intel CPUs are special because they're made from powdered unicorn and moonshine.

It must be the the job of those damn tiny elves. :lol:

 

[J_E_D_70]

Oh c'mon! Luckiest's answer was useful but mine was way cooler