i5 4570 or AMD fx 8350 with 7950

Radar876 · Oct 7, 2013

I was wondering if i should get the i5 4570 or the fx 8350 along with my 7950. I am looking to play games such as bf4 and planetside 2. They are both at the same price point so I was wondering which CPU would give me more performance with the 7950 I'm going to buy along with it. thanks

rolli59 · Oct 7, 2013

Normally the I5 has better performance in gaming but if it is none "K" then the FX can overclock and more than make up the difference.

fixer762 · Oct 7, 2013

I have the 8350 and a 7950 sapphire vapor X, they do well in 1080 in Crysis 3.

JD88 · Oct 7, 2013

In BF4, the chips will be about even, but I strongly suggest an Intel chip for Planetside 2. I play it a lot and know from experience that the 8350 just doesn't cut it for that game. If you are really into Planetside, I also would suggest going with an Nvidia card like the GTX 760 because the PhysX really looks great.

johnnyb105 · Oct 7, 2013

Have you considered the 4670 I 5 the 4570 and 8350 are about the same

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4570-vs-AMD-FX-8350

fixer762 · Oct 7, 2013

johnnyb105 :

+1 to that

And with AMD mantle coming games will actually use all eight threads.

Avro Arrow · Oct 7, 2013

I already made my decision awhile ago. I've never had a problem playing any game whatsoever with my Phenom II X4 965 at stock speeds. I can't imagine any problem with the FX-8350. Having said that, if all you're doing is gaming, then the FX-6300 would be the better choice. It has fewer cores on-die so theoretically, it should be able to overclock a bit more than the FX-8350. The FX-6300 will give you the same gaming experience as the FX-8350 and costs $80 less. That's a pretty nice chunk of change to add to another part of the system, like an SSD for instance.

MEC-777 · Oct 7, 2013

I have the 4570 and 7950. It is VERY capable. BF4 64 player at 1440 x 900 on ultra runs at 60+fps. in fact I have to run V-sync to smooth things out.

Many people over look the 4570 and go straight for the 4670, but IMO it's not the best performance per dollar. The 4670 is only 5% faster but costs 10% more. (leaving overclocking out of the equation)

About 4 vs 8 cores... Since Intel per-core performance is significantly higher than the AMD FX, when you run a program that is able to make use of 6-7 cores, the Intel CPU is able to do the same work in the same amount of time because the Intel's are doing more work per-core.

All that being said, both (4570 and 8350) will be good/even choices and you won't be disappointed with either. They both perform very well in gaming and each simply has a different approach in how they handle processing tasks.

Darkresurrection · Oct 18, 2013

look at this http://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/60993-demanding-watch-dogs-pc-specs-appear-disappear-appear/..... you cant be mistaken on fx 8350, this cpu is from the future, if you have got enogh money to buy i7 3770 then dont hesitate to do so if not dont waste your money on quad core cpu or you will regret it

8350rocks · Oct 18, 2013

MEC-777 :

Let me step in here, as this isn't accurate. In programs that run 6-8 heavy threads, the AMD does win. It's documented many times, many places. There are not a great deal of situations where the program actually runs that many heavy threads, but it does happen occasionally.

If you look at rendering, that is the only situation where the program will fully load all the cores of whatever you throw at it with several different programs operating this way. This is why the 8350 destroys any i5 at rendering, and i7's keep up.

This shows you what you're looking at:

http://hwbot.org/compare/processors#2741,2493,2743,2495,2689-57,94

In Cinebench R15, the 8350 is way ahead of the i5's and in HWBOT Prime (their own benchmark) the 8350 is ahead of even the i7's on the list there.

So, Intel is not always equal or better...it depends on what you're doing. However, for gaming, the performance will be close enough that you should build the best system you can, if that means saving $50-100 buys a better GPU or SSD, then do that...don't get caught up in the processor wars...it isn't worth fretting over.

MEC-777 · Oct 18, 2013

8350rocks :

MEC-777 :

Let me step in here, as this isn't accurate. In programs that run 6-8 heavy threads, the AMD does win. It's documented many times, many places. There are not a great deal of situations where the program actually runs that many heavy threads, but it does happen occasionally.

If you look at rendering, that is the only situation where the program will fully load all the cores of whatever you throw at it with several different programs operating this way. This is why the 8350 destroys any i5 at rendering, and i7's keep up.

This shows you what you're looking at:

http://hwbot.org/compare/processors#2741,2493,2743,2495,2689-57,94

In Cinebench R15, the 8350 is way ahead of the i5's and in HWBOT Prime (their own benchmark) the 8350 is ahead of even the i7's on the list there.

So, Intel is not always equal or better...it depends on what you're doing. However, for gaming, the performance will be close enough that you should build the best system you can, if that means saving $50-100 buys a better GPU or SSD, then do that...don't get caught up in the processor wars...it isn't worth fretting over.

I meant to say "game" instead of "program". but none the less, I agree. The 8350 is certainly not to be ignored as a CPU for future gaming/apps.

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