Intel and AMD have been fighting fiercely recently, but this is a good thing for consumers. When manufacturers fight, consumers benefit. Although the price of hard drives has increased, fortunately it accounts for a small portion of the installed budget. Not big, we have to pretend when we should.
So today let's take stock of the consumer-grade CPUs worth buying in the first half of 2024. The front row reminds you that if you don't have enough money, please feel free to eat. Introduced in order of price from low to high .
Hundred dollar CPU
The first hundred-yuan consumer-grade CPU worth buying in the first half of 2024 is AMD's R5-5600. Lian Po is old and can still compete! This CPU has been released since the 10th generation of Intel, and it is still a mainstream player in the machine configuration today, and it can still compete with the 12th generation next door. The current price is about 650 yuan.
Compared to the competing product i3-12100F with a board price of around 900 yuan, although the single-core performance is slightly lower than 10%, 6 cores have inherent advantages over 4 cores, and the 32MB large cache is even more useful in games . A more composed performance.
The second is the first-generation ShenU, i5-12400F /12490F, the current price is about 730 yuan. There is basically no difference between the two Us. The 12490F is slightly stronger by 3%. This difference is negligible.
As the last purely large-core retail CPU, thanks to the advancement of the 10nm process and the Alder Lake architecture, the overall performance has increased by 40% compared to the 11th generation, and the power consumption control is also quite good. I am dissatisfied with Intel's large-core design and it is a blue factory. In the eyes of loyal fans, this CPU can be said to be a white moonlight.
1000-2000 Yuan range CPU
Then it's time to compete with the Qian Yuanshen U, the consumer-grade CPU worth buying in the first half of 2024. The first is the i5-12600KF. With the release of new products and the continuous price drop of AMD next door, the 12600KF CPU It has now reached around 1,000 yuan.
Compared with its own competing products i5-13400F/14400F, which is still 1200-1350 yuan, the price is lower, the full core 4.5GHz frequency is higher, and the sa voltage and frequency multiplication are not locked.
It allows friends who don't bother to enjoy higher performance, and allows those who like to mess around to play as much as they want. Compared with the Ryzen 7000 series, it also has a richer selection of memory and motherboards. It really puts “I want it all” to the end.
Of course, I believe there are still friends who cannot accept the large and small core design and want to compete in the future, then your "dragon" is here.
The R5-7500F CPU has a large-core design, and the current price is about 1,000 yuan.
Although there is a certain gap between the multi-core and the 12600KF that uses large and small cores without respecting military ethics, the single-core performance and frequency are indeed better. In addition, the entire Ryzen 7000 series uses DDR5. According to AMD's Traditional performance of "one board passed down to three generations", the price/performance ratio is quite good.
Then there is the online gaming artifact i5-14600KF. The current market price is about 1,900 yuan.
You read that right, it's 14600KF, not the 13600KF of “Thirteen Fragrances”. As of Ahong's deadline, 13600KF has risen to 1,800 yuan, which is about 100 yuan less than 14600KF.
Although the 14th generation only has a weak 0.2GHz improvement, the imc performance has improved step by step, and this is the last generation of LGA1700. I think there is really no need to recommend 13600KF.
As a new generation of Raptor Lake architecture, the advantages of 14600KF are self-evident. Compared with the 12th generation, the main changes are the huge increase in the capacity of the second-level cache and the third-level cache, and there is also a big improvement in the all-core turbo frequency. The result is an increase in frame rate and more stable low frames.
2000 yuan+ CPU
When it comes to online games, I have to recommend another eccentric player, that is R7-7800X3D. The current price is about 2,200 yuan.
With a full 8-core design, compared to traditional performance, the performance of this CPU is even slightly lower than that of its younger brother R7-7700, but the L3 cache of up to 96MB allows it to achieve overtaking in corners.
Because of this advantage in games, especially PUBG and Eternal Calamity, even compared to the i9-13900K from the blue factory next door, the performance is back and forth.
However, it does not have as high power consumption and heat generation as 13900K. The default full load is only about 120w, so it will be more economical in terms of motherboard and heat dissipation selection.
The above CPUs can fully meet the needs of general productivity and gaming, so if you have higher pursuits, please read below.
If you want to take into account both productivity and gaming, as well as being obsessed with Intel, then it is the i7-14700KF. It currently sells for about 2,700 yuan. Throughout the 14th generation, other series upgrades have only increased the frequency of a star or a half.
But only the 14700KF has received special favor. Compared with the 13700KF, it has 4 more small cores, the second and third buffers have increased by 4MB and 3MB respectively, and the maximum core frequency has increased by 0.2GHz.
Although it has little impact on games, there is indeed a 20% improvement in multi-core integration, which is a real improvement in productivity.
No matter how close Windows and Intel are, in order to match Intel's large and small cores, they even launched wintel11 (bushi
However, in some special scenarios, it is inevitable that there will still be scheduling problems, and there will be situations where small cores work hard and big cores take advantage of the situation.
As a pure big-core flagship, the R9-7950X has 16 cores and 32 threads, and currently sells for about 3,500 yuan.
Because of the dual CCX, the game performance is not satisfactory, but in terms of productivity, it is a strong worker. Despite having such a large core group, the full load power consumption is only about 230w.
The i9-14900KF next to it has easily exceeded the 300w mark. At this point, Intel has taken over the high power consumption hat from AMD.
in conclusion
The above are the consumer-grade CPUs that Ahong personally thinks are worth buying in the first half of 2024. They basically cover all recommended application scenarios.
As for the i9-14900KS and R9-7950X3D, their prices are 5,600 yuan and 4,000 yuan respectively.
So today let's take stock of the consumer-grade CPUs worth buying in the first half of 2024. The front row reminds you that if you don't have enough money, please feel free to eat. Introduced in order of price from low to high .
Hundred dollar CPU
The first hundred-yuan consumer-grade CPU worth buying in the first half of 2024 is AMD's R5-5600. Lian Po is old and can still compete! This CPU has been released since the 10th generation of Intel, and it is still a mainstream player in the machine configuration today, and it can still compete with the 12th generation next door. The current price is about 650 yuan.
Compared to the competing product i3-12100F with a board price of around 900 yuan, although the single-core performance is slightly lower than 10%, 6 cores have inherent advantages over 4 cores, and the 32MB large cache is even more useful in games . A more composed performance.
The second is the first-generation ShenU, i5-12400F /12490F, the current price is about 730 yuan. There is basically no difference between the two Us. The 12490F is slightly stronger by 3%. This difference is negligible.
As the last purely large-core retail CPU, thanks to the advancement of the 10nm process and the Alder Lake architecture, the overall performance has increased by 40% compared to the 11th generation, and the power consumption control is also quite good. I am dissatisfied with Intel's large-core design and it is a blue factory. In the eyes of loyal fans, this CPU can be said to be a white moonlight.
1000-2000 Yuan range CPU
Then it's time to compete with the Qian Yuanshen U, the consumer-grade CPU worth buying in the first half of 2024. The first is the i5-12600KF. With the release of new products and the continuous price drop of AMD next door, the 12600KF CPU It has now reached around 1,000 yuan.
Compared with its own competing products i5-13400F/14400F, which is still 1200-1350 yuan, the price is lower, the full core 4.5GHz frequency is higher, and the sa voltage and frequency multiplication are not locked.
It allows friends who don't bother to enjoy higher performance, and allows those who like to mess around to play as much as they want. Compared with the Ryzen 7000 series, it also has a richer selection of memory and motherboards. It really puts “I want it all” to the end.
Of course, I believe there are still friends who cannot accept the large and small core design and want to compete in the future, then your "dragon" is here.
The R5-7500F CPU has a large-core design, and the current price is about 1,000 yuan.
Although there is a certain gap between the multi-core and the 12600KF that uses large and small cores without respecting military ethics, the single-core performance and frequency are indeed better. In addition, the entire Ryzen 7000 series uses DDR5. According to AMD's Traditional performance of "one board passed down to three generations", the price/performance ratio is quite good.
Then there is the online gaming artifact i5-14600KF. The current market price is about 1,900 yuan.
You read that right, it's 14600KF, not the 13600KF of “Thirteen Fragrances”. As of Ahong's deadline, 13600KF has risen to 1,800 yuan, which is about 100 yuan less than 14600KF.
Although the 14th generation only has a weak 0.2GHz improvement, the imc performance has improved step by step, and this is the last generation of LGA1700. I think there is really no need to recommend 13600KF.
As a new generation of Raptor Lake architecture, the advantages of 14600KF are self-evident. Compared with the 12th generation, the main changes are the huge increase in the capacity of the second-level cache and the third-level cache, and there is also a big improvement in the all-core turbo frequency. The result is an increase in frame rate and more stable low frames.
2000 yuan+ CPU
When it comes to online games, I have to recommend another eccentric player, that is R7-7800X3D. The current price is about 2,200 yuan.
With a full 8-core design, compared to traditional performance, the performance of this CPU is even slightly lower than that of its younger brother R7-7700, but the L3 cache of up to 96MB allows it to achieve overtaking in corners.
Because of this advantage in games, especially PUBG and Eternal Calamity, even compared to the i9-13900K from the blue factory next door, the performance is back and forth.
However, it does not have as high power consumption and heat generation as 13900K. The default full load is only about 120w, so it will be more economical in terms of motherboard and heat dissipation selection.
The above CPUs can fully meet the needs of general productivity and gaming, so if you have higher pursuits, please read below.
If you want to take into account both productivity and gaming, as well as being obsessed with Intel, then it is the i7-14700KF. It currently sells for about 2,700 yuan. Throughout the 14th generation, other series upgrades have only increased the frequency of a star or a half.
But only the 14700KF has received special favor. Compared with the 13700KF, it has 4 more small cores, the second and third buffers have increased by 4MB and 3MB respectively, and the maximum core frequency has increased by 0.2GHz.
Although it has little impact on games, there is indeed a 20% improvement in multi-core integration, which is a real improvement in productivity.
No matter how close Windows and Intel are, in order to match Intel's large and small cores, they even launched wintel11 (bushi
However, in some special scenarios, it is inevitable that there will still be scheduling problems, and there will be situations where small cores work hard and big cores take advantage of the situation.
As a pure big-core flagship, the R9-7950X has 16 cores and 32 threads, and currently sells for about 3,500 yuan.
Because of the dual CCX, the game performance is not satisfactory, but in terms of productivity, it is a strong worker. Despite having such a large core group, the full load power consumption is only about 230w.
The i9-14900KF next to it has easily exceeded the 300w mark. At this point, Intel has taken over the high power consumption hat from AMD.
in conclusion
The above are the consumer-grade CPUs that Ahong personally thinks are worth buying in the first half of 2024. They basically cover all recommended application scenarios.
As for the i9-14900KS and R9-7950X3D, their prices are 5,600 yuan and 4,000 yuan respectively.
