CPU performance comparison stuff *cleanup*

Games on PC are generally optimised for Intel (including compiler probably).
In a closed environment like a console that will not be the case.
Even current Zen would be fine performance wise in a console, it would compete favourably with an intel pc.

 

its just a bad attempt at a troll.

The big difference is memory latency and the current consoles are already way worse. the IF is tied to memory speed but anything over 3200 is well into diminishing returns. On top of this memory isnt tweaked to Zen's memory controller, You can make substantial performance improvements just by changing sub timings.

 

Compare Intel processors from 2013 with Jaguar based setups. Then see how the minimum specifications of games on PC - which are generally below console settings and frame rates - are far beyond those of consoles on the CPU side.

Now look at how close Ryzen 2 is to Intel, when compared to Jaguar and its Intel contemporaries. Then think about Ryzen 3's IPC improvements and power requirements.

Next gen consoles will perform just fine compared to the 35~45 W lower end / lower bin components they would be up against on a similarly BOMed PC.

 

Why would it be? You can defend yourself or ignore it. FWIW, I didn't think you were trolling. I think you're failing to properly evaluate Ryzen as part of a package with an AMD-sourced GPU, though. The whole can be more than the sum of its parts when those parts work together well.

 

I think mine and your definition of much is different.

 

I agree for GPU side of things but price for performance on the CPU side they very competitive.

 

Price for performance isn't a technical metric. Intel prices their CPUs that way because they can, not because they have to. A CPU that clocks higher, can perform more IPC, and does all this at a lower TDP is objectively better.

 

Meanwhile, here's some sales data from one of the largest german retailers. Damn those uncompetitive AMD CPUs

 

Not necessarily, cost of manufacturing should be taken into account. If that higher clocking, higher IPC and lower tdp chip cost twice as much to manufacture as the competition, you better not hope that said competition is less than 15% behind in performance*.

*I'm not saying that is the case for Intel or AMD, just an example.

 

This didn't contradict anything I said. Intel CPUs perform better core for core, thread for thread, and clock for clock, so they can and do charge more for them. This stems from a desire to achieve maximum profit per unit sold as well of some other strategic considerations around their product lineup as a whole (such as protecting even higher margin products). AMD CPUs are competitive because they are pricing them in a way that makes them a better value.

I love what AMD is doing on the CPU side right now and I'm currently planning a Ryzen 3-based system for my long postponed platform upgrade. This doesn't change the fact that Intel's CPU designs are still objectively better for absolute gaming performance on the PC.

 

Intel Gross margins - 65.9%, though noted as "artificially high"

Source

AMD Gross Margins - 40%

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This is company-wide, but is there anyone that actually believes that Intel doesn't make more profit per CPU sold than AMD?

 

Even without the price advantage Ryzens are competitive, especially Ryzen 2 if the rumors are true.

 

You do realize that Intel TDP has these days probably less to do with the actual consumption than AMD TDP does? And that motherboard manufacturers in general don't give rats ass about the "limitations" of boost time etc and in certain BIOSes even put all cores working at max single core boost clock - by default?
Also gaming is just one workload, Intel isn't on top of everything (and not even all games necessarily)

 

Did you forget what thread you were in?

 

A console with this class of CPU inside is almost assuredly going to be GPU limited most of the time. A Zen 2-based CPU ought to provide plenty of performance at the resolutions and framerates the next-gen consoles will likely be targeting.