The Intel Core iK is the fastest gaming processor on the planet. It's also the uncontested leader in x86 single-threaded performance. The chip comes with eight P-cores that support hyper-threading, and eight single-threaded E-cores for a total of 24 threads.
The P-cores have a 3. Meanwhile, the E-cores have a 2. This K has a W PBP base and W MTP peak power rating, but we recorded considerably lower power consumption than its prior-gen counterpart, and you get industry-leading performance in exchange. You'll need to buy a capable cooler for the chip, and you'll also need a new series motherboard. You can find a wide selection of high-end motherboards that support DDR5 memory, and although you'll only find lower-end and mid-range DDR4 motherboards, there's still plenty of selection available.
High end desktop processors have long offered the ultimate in performance, as long as you were willing to pay the price. Aside from high MSRPs, the chips also require expensive accommodations, like beefy motherboards and the added cost of fully populating quad-channel memory controllers. Add in the inevitable trade-offs, like reduced performance in lightly-threaded applications and games, and any cost-conscious users who could benefit from the threaded horsepower of a HEDT chip just settle for mainstream offerings.
AMD's Ryzen 9 X, with 16 cores and 32 threads, expands on its predecessors' mission of bringing HEDT-class performance to mainstream motherboards, lowering the bar for entry.
We generally don't recommend HEDT processors for enthusiasts that are only interested in gaming. Gamers are best served by mainstream processors with fewer cores and higher clocks that are often faster in games; the Ryzen 9 X also falls into the same category - AMD's lesser series models are a better value for gamers.
However, if you're after a chip and platform that can do serious work seriously fast , but still be nimble enough to deliver high-refresh gameplay at the end of the day, the Ryzen 9 X fits the bill like no other CPU before it. In threaded work, the Core iK is 2. The Core iK has eight P-cores high-performance and four E-cores Efficiency , for a total of 20 threads. The P-cores run at a 3. Still, we recorded considerably lower power consumption than its prior-gen counterpart, and you get ultra-competitive performance in exchange.
The core thread Ryzen 9 X is rated for a 3. The X offers the ultimate in gaming performance - it is the uncontested gaming chip on the market, but it is a bit overkill if gaming is all you do. However, if you feel the need for speed in productivity workloads, this chip's 12 cores will chew through those workloads with aplomb.
The Ryzen 9 X drops into existing series and series motherboards. You'll need to bring your own cooler, and the bigger the better - cooling definitely has an impact on performance with the higher-end Ryzen processors. However, if you're looking at the no-compromise chip for gaming, this is your chip.
The chip comes with six P-cores that support hyper-threading that operate at a 2. The Core i serves up solid performance in all manner of threaded productivity applications, and its snappy single-threaded performance beats even the fastest Ryzen processors.
Additionally, the Core i delivers incredible levels of gaming performance but at a much lower price point than any comparable AMD processor, setting a new bar for budget gaming chips. Luckily, Intel's partners now have B- and H-series motherboards available, and a B motherboard plus Core i CPU will make a killer gaming combo.
Read More: Intel Core i Review. The Ryzen 3 X is a hard chip to find because it is simply such a great deal. The chip unlocks a new level of performance for budget gamers with four cores and eight threads that can push low- to mid-range graphics cards to their fullest.
This new processor wields the Zen 2 architecture paired with the 7nm process to push performance to new heights while enabling new features for low-end processors, like access to the speedy PCIe 4. The X's four cores tick at a 3. AMD includes a bundled Wraith Spire cooler with the processor.
Still, you might consider budgeting in a better low-end cooler to unlock the full performance, particularly if you are overclocking. Speaking of which, the Ryzen 3 X can overclock to the highest all-core frequencies we've seen with a Ryzen series processor, making it a great chip for enthusiasts.
Unlike AMD's other current-gen Ryzen 3 processors, you'll need to pair this processor with a discrete GPU, but the low price point leaves extra room in the budget for a more capable graphics card. You can stick with the value theme and drop this capable chip into existing X of B motherboards, but you'll lose access to the PCIe 4. Better yet, AMD has its new B motherboards on offer. These new motherboards support the PCIe 4. The Ryzen 5 G comes to market during the worst GPU shortage in history, so many users will upgrade to this chip and use its potent integrated graphics for gaming until GPU pricing improves.
The Ryzen 5 G lives up to that bill, too, stepping into the arena as the new value champ for APUs, which are chips that come with strong enough integrated graphics that they don't require a discrete GPU for light gaming, albeit at lowered quality settings. That makes it the best value APU on the market. We've added a new integrated graphics CPU benchmark ranking so you can see how they stack up relative to prior-gen AMD chips and Intel's lineup.
These new chips build on AMD's resounding success with its Zen 3 architecture. We'll explain how we ranked the processors under each table. The game testing ranking is first. We also include an application performance metric in our application score tables, which we've split up into single- and multi-threaded measurements below gaming table. The most powerful chip gets a , and all others are scored relative to it.
We have also incorporated these results into our broader selection of tests below for Windows 10, so refer to those charts for a greater historical perspective. Intel's Alder Lake processors are the fastest in all metrics, be it gaming, single- or multi-threaded work, in Windows The chips are still ultra-competitive in Windows 10, but do lose some of the larger advantages in a few key apps, which impacts its ranking in Windows We conducted these tests in Windows 10, which penalizes the 12th-Gen Intel scores.
This is because Windows 10 doesn't target threads at the correct cores with the precision that we see in Windows You can see the Windows 11 results in the album in the first album in the article. We rank all the Intel and AMD processors in the tables below, but we don't include overclocked performance or 99th percentile fps rankings. You can see all of those numbers in the charts above. We've also added separate charts for integrated graphics testing. Bear in mind that the charts above use the raw performance numbers, whereas our CPU benchmarks rankings below use a score to rank the chips relative to one another.
Admittedly, the charts are getting a bit packed as we expand our rankings pool, but we'll work to separate this out into different classes as our CPU benchmarks database grows. Note: These types of processors are geared for performance with integrated graphics - please see individual reviews or our section below for those performance rankings.
We've ranked all the consumer Intel 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th Gen processors, along with AMD's Ryzen and Threadripper chips from all four generations. We have two rankings for each chip, based on p and p CPU gaming benchmarks. We conducted these tests in Windows 10 for compatibility purposes. You can see how the Windows 11 hierarchy looks in the slide show further above.
The chart is aligned sequentially based on the p game results, but the p listings aren't listed in sequential order due to the unfortunate limitations with our tables. Pay attention to the p rankings: Some faster chips at p CPU benchmarks may be listed below slower chips simply because of the p results.
You'll also notice that the 12th-Gen Intel processors, like the K, K and K, have two measurements for each entry — that's to quantify performance with both DDR4 and DDR5 setups, with the former almost always offering better performance in Windows Here's our list of gaming performance with integrated graphics on several of the leading APUs available.
We've split this into two different price ranges, so be sure to flip through all of the performance charts. For a bit of commentary and analysis of these results, head to our recent Ryzen 7 G , Ryzen 5 G and Ryzen 3 G reviews.
The latter consists of two tests: One short duration test and one extended-duration test to measure performance once Intel's boost duration limits have been exceeded. You can see the Windows 11 results in the album in the first album in the article, but suffice it to say that Alder Lake chips, like the Core iK, K and K, lead by large margins in Windows Single-threaded performance is often tied directly to the responsiveness and snappiness of your PC in any number of daily applications, like loading an operating system or surfing the web.
This metric largely depends upon a mixture of instruction per cycle IPC throughput the number of operations the chip can execute in one clock cycle and frequency, which is the speed at which the transistors switch between on and off states. However, a whole host of other considerations, such as cache, architecture, and interconnects like rings, meshes, and infinity fabric impact this measure of per-core performance, so these results do not align perfectly based upon clock frequency.
Instead, performance varies with each application and how well it is tuned for the respective architectures. These CPU benchmarks represent performance in productivity-focused applications that tend to require more compute horsepower.
You can see the Windows 11 results in the album in the first album in the article, but suffice it to say that Alder Lake chips, like the Core iK, K and K, perform much better in Windows Like we see with single-threaded performance metrics, multi-threaded performance, which is a measure of a chip's performance in applications that utilize multiple software threads, varies based upon a whole host of architectural factors.
It also depends heavily upon how well the software scales with additional compute cores. Be aware that architectures, caches, and interconnects profoundly impact these results, as all of these factors impact how well performance scales with additional threads. Our Comparison tool is a comprehensive blend of the above factors and is guaranteed to help you in finding your best gaming PC build. If you have been planning to upgrade your system by purchasing a new graphics card.
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