Best (Non-Gaming) Performance CPUs (Archive)

[PaulAlcorn]

We've compiled a list of processors that represent the best bang for your buck in common productivity tasks.

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[WINTERLORD]

non gaming cpus nice title

 

[cryogenic]

WoW, very long time since Toms has shown AMD winner in all categories, last time it happened was in Athlon 2 era.

 

[salgado18]

hahahahahahahaha sorry Intel better luck next gen

 

[Soda-88]

A more fair title would be Best (Non-Gaming that can also game) Performance CPUs

 

[Eximo]

Bang for your buck? I suppose for gaming they did pick the i5-8400.

Still neat to see.

 

[theyeti87]

A more fair title would be Best (Non-Gaming that can also game) Performance CPUs

My 1700 is feeling a little disrespected! Happy to game with that chip.

 

[Quaddro]

It's maybe looks like better if the title is "Best Productivity CPU"..

 

[Verrin]

I know, people think that because your 1700 *only* gets 170FPS compared to 220FPS on a 5GHz coffee lake, that it's apparently "bad at gaming". I used to think when the game wouldn't run or you'd get an FPS so low it was effectively a slide show, that meant your hardware was "bad at gaming".

 

[Kenneth_72]

2600 specs are wrong and the link takes you to a 2400G...

 

[abryant]

2600 specs are wrong and the link takes you to a 2400G...

fixed now. thanks.

 

[isaac.277.elifer]

Excuse me, but AMD has X, B, and A-series motherboards. Z-series is for Intel motherboards.

 

[LokkenJP]

Hello.
The specs table show a 3.6/4.2 base/boost frequencies and 95W TDP for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600, while those are the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X specs.
Also, below in the description of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 best budget pick the description states: "The plucky 2600 has a 2.4-GHz base frequency that boosts up to 3.6" which is quite different of what can be seen at the 2600 review (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-2600,5625.html -> 3.4 Base freq, 3.9 boost)

 

[msroadkill612]

IMO they looked over the sweetest of all - the 2600x.

With all the fuss about ipc vs threads, then the 2600x is the best balance.

Yes it has inter ccx latency, but only 2 of it's 6 cores are affected, as opposed to 4 on amd 8 cores.

The x option just seems so cool. It has taken til this revision of zen to bring out the power of ~1000 sensors spread around zen, and using them to use to dynamically squeeze the best from your cpu in your ecosystem.

It makes Zen blossom, and only zen+, X models have the full kit to do it - xfr2 & PB2.

 

[PaulAlcorn]

Hello.
The specs table show a 3.6/4.2 base/boost frequencies and 95W TDP for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600, while those are the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X specs.
Also, below in the description of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 best budget pick the description states: "The plucky 2600 has a 2.4-GHz base frequency that boosts up to 3.6" which is quite different of what can be seen at the 2600 review (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-2600,5625.html -> 3.4 Base freq, 3.9 boost)

Thanks for the heads-up, fixed!

 

[PaulAlcorn]

Excuse me, but AMD has X, B, and A-series motherboards. Z-series is for Intel motherboards.

Oops, fixed!

 

[jpe1701]

So I'm confused and I don't think I'm the only one. For the 2700 you mention precision boost overdrive. I thought that was only for the x parts? If precision boost overdrive works on the 2700 as well as my 2700x then the 2700x is kind of pointless for me.

 

[raskery]

So is it socket AM4 or 1331? I guess it might be better to stick to the AM4 convention as thjat is what will be written on the motherboard (and most other places).

 

[linkdead]

these are all perfectly good at gaming ..

 

[paul prochnow]

It seems as if no one would ever pay over $500 for a Ryzen 2700X, so why the link?
Could it be one sale and the seller can retire? LOL!!!

Price drop happened to the Ryzen 2700 already, it is only 65w. I got one and changed out a 2200G Ryzen
into a 2018 HTPC with NO VIDDIE CARTZ and it is cool. It is NOT a gamer.

The Ryzen 2700 is coupled to a 1080EVGA SC -- it is just great. I like the idea of 65w. giving me
all the CPU I need. In Destiny 2 I can see eight core lit up to 30% and the SMT cores barely making
a graph line.....Ryzen is a processing Titan for the money...but not the R&G CPU like a 5GHz Intel.
But I got the CPU for $210 on Amazon .

 

[Ben_88]

My 1700 with a 1080 Ti Aorus is amazing in 4k. I have it at 1.2 volts at 3.7ghz with 3000mhz vengeance ram. I can't find any 4k benchmarks comparing the 1700 overclocked to the 2700x in 4k.