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3700x or i7 10700k budget build?
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I feel like if you aren't leveraging the extra cores on pre-5000 series Ryzen, the logical choice is go with the 10700K.
But imo the question really should be 3900x vs 10700k conversation.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1529/#BenchmarkResults
In a normal market (non-COVID), the 5000-series launch should have provided a great market for used 3000-series chips.
But with 5000-series being so hard to get hold of, I imagine many 3000-series users aren't in any rush to sell. Not for a low price anyway.
Just checking HWSwap, used 3900x chips are being sold for close to new price in early 2020.
But imo the question really should be 3900x vs 10700k conversation.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1529/#BenchmarkResults
In a normal market (non-COVID), the 5000-series launch should have provided a great market for used 3000-series chips.
But with 5000-series being so hard to get hold of, I imagine many 3000-series users aren't in any rush to sell. Not for a low price anyway.
Just checking HWSwap, used 3900x chips are being sold for close to new price in early 2020.
Between the Ryzen 7 3700X and the i7-10700k I'd go with the i7-10700k.
In gaming the i7-10700k tends to beat the 3000 series Ryzen chips but usually gets edged out by the 5000 series. Intel still comes out on top in some titles. It's not a major difference. AMD claimed a 17% improvement or something like that with the 5000 series, and that seems about right. They went from a little behind to a little ahead on single core and gaming performance. If you feel like hunting for one at MSRP a Ryzen 5 5600X is worth considering in that price range. I don't think I'd bother unless it fell into my lap or I happened to get the chance to buy one while hunting for a vid card.
Puget Systems has an updated set of Photoshop tests, though most of the 3000 series Ryzen chips are missing:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...p-AMD-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPU-performance-1956/
You can still use the older benches Mav451 linked and the new ones to compare the 10700k with the 3700X in Photoshop. For the older benches, just use the i9-9900k as a stand-in for the i7-10700k. They're very close, with the 10700k being slightly quicker. Both are 8c/16t, and the 10700k is clocked a wee bit higher. The closest thing to a 3700X on the newer ones is a faster 3800XT. Given that the 10700k is slightly ahead of the 3800XT, it shouldn't have any trouble beating the 3700X. Based on the older benches the 9900k is very close to the 3900X in Photoshop, so the 10700k should be too. Then the 5000 series beats everything. Photoshop doesn't use a lot of cores well. Just look at where the Threadrippers and socket 2066 X-series i9s end up on the charts and how the 5800X beats the 5950X and 5900X in some of the tests.
In gaming the i7-10700k tends to beat the 3000 series Ryzen chips but usually gets edged out by the 5000 series. Intel still comes out on top in some titles. It's not a major difference. AMD claimed a 17% improvement or something like that with the 5000 series, and that seems about right. They went from a little behind to a little ahead on single core and gaming performance. If you feel like hunting for one at MSRP a Ryzen 5 5600X is worth considering in that price range. I don't think I'd bother unless it fell into my lap or I happened to get the chance to buy one while hunting for a vid card.
Puget Systems has an updated set of Photoshop tests, though most of the 3000 series Ryzen chips are missing:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...p-AMD-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPU-performance-1956/
You can still use the older benches Mav451 linked and the new ones to compare the 10700k with the 3700X in Photoshop. For the older benches, just use the i9-9900k as a stand-in for the i7-10700k. They're very close, with the 10700k being slightly quicker. Both are 8c/16t, and the 10700k is clocked a wee bit higher. The closest thing to a 3700X on the newer ones is a faster 3800XT. Given that the 10700k is slightly ahead of the 3800XT, it shouldn't have any trouble beating the 3700X. Based on the older benches the 9900k is very close to the 3900X in Photoshop, so the 10700k should be too. Then the 5000 series beats everything. Photoshop doesn't use a lot of cores well. Just look at where the Threadrippers and socket 2066 X-series i9s end up on the charts and how the 5800X beats the 5950X and 5900X in some of the tests.
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Yeah, 3900X(T) are way more expensive now than when I got mine last June for $400. =(