CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2025: CPU Rankings

2020 - 2022 CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy

You can find our rankings of the most current-gen systems on the previous page. The results below are from our legacy benchmarks, using a different GPU and test systems than our current CPU benchmark rankings. However, this provides great historical context and also includes other previous-gen CPUs not included in our new test suite. You'll also find our even older legacy rankings further below. These date back over the last decade.

Legacy: 2020 - 2022 CPU Benchmarks Rankings - Windows 10 and 11

Legacy: 2020 - 2022 Gaming CPU Benchmarks Ranking

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Legacy: Gaming CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy 2020 - 2022 - Windows 11

 

1080p Gaming Score

1440p Gaming Score

Architecture

Cores/Threads (P+E)

Base/Boost GHz

TDP - MTP

Buy

$589 - Core i9-13900K

100.00%

100.00%

Raptor Lake

24 / 32 (8+16)

3.0 / 5.8

125 / 253W

 

$409 - Core i7-13700K

96.09%

97.09%

Raptor Lake

16 / 24 (8+8)

3.4 / 5.4

125 / 253W

 

$365 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D

94.42%

97.45%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.4 / 4.5

105W

 

$319 - Core i5-13600K

90.03%

92.94%

Raptor Lake

14 / 20 (6+8)

3.5 / 5.1

125 / 181W

 

$474 - Ryzen 9 7900X

87.40%

90.52%

Zen 4

12 / 24

4.7 / 5.6

170 / 230W

 

$569 - Ryzen 9 7950X

87.25%

90.27%

Zen 4

16 / 32

4.5 / 5.7

170 / 230W

 

$349 - Ryzen 7 7700X

87.13%

91.55%

Zen 4

8 /16

4.5 / 5.4

105 / 142W

 

$329 - Ryzen 7 7700

86.19%

88.88%

Zen 4

8 / 16

3.8 / 5.3

65 / 88W

 

$429 - Ryzen 9 7900

84.75%

88.46%

Zen 4

12 / 24

4.7 / 5.6

170 / 230W

 

$249 - Ryzen 5 7600X

83.62%

88.44%

Zen 4

6 / 12

4.7 / 5.3

105 / 142W

 

$229 - Ryzen 5 7600

79.74%

85.97%

Zen 4

6 / 12

3.8 / 5.1

65 / 88W

 

$550 - Ryzen 9 5950X

72.04%

77.51%

Zen 3

16 / 32

3.4 / 4.9

105W

 

$350 - Ryzen 9 5900X

71.69%

78.95%

Zen 3

12 / 24

3.7 / 4.8

105W

 

$235 - Ryzen 7 5800X

70.90%

78.19%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.7

105W

 

$210 - Ryzen 7 5700X

69.50%

76.65%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.4 / 4.6

65W

 

$165 - Ryzen 5 5600X

67.52%

74.68%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.6

65W

 

$189 - Core i5-12400

66.62%

73.53%

Alder Lake

6 / 12 (6+0)

2.5 / 4.4

65 / 117W

Row 16 - Cell 7
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Legacy: Gaming CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy 2020 - 2022 - Windows 10

 

1080p Gaming Score

1440p Gaming Score

CPU

Cores/Threads

Base/Boost GHz

TDP

Buy

Intel Core i9-12900K DDR4 / DDR5

100% / 93.51%

100% / 95.86%

Alder Lake

16 / 24 (8P+8E)

3.2 / 5.2

125 / 241W

Core i9-12900K

Intel Core i9-11900K

92.48%

97.26%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.5 / 5.3

125W

Core i9-11900K

Intel Core i7-12700K DDR4 / DDR5

97.71% / 91.23%

99.8% / 97.30%

Alder Lake

12 / 20 (8P+4E)

3.6 / 4.9

125 / 190W

Core i7-12700K

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

90.98%

93.18%

Zen 3

12 / 24

3.7 / 4.8

105W

Ryzen 9 5900X

Intel Core i5-12600K DDR4 / DDR5

90.89% / 84.32%

96.94% / 92.33%

Alder Lake

10 / 16 (6P+4E)

3.7 / 4.9

125 / 150W

Core i5-12600K

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

90.22%

95.32%

Zen 3

16 / 32

3.4 / 4.9

105W

Ryzen 9 5950X

AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX

88.71%

89.71%

Zen 3

32 / 64

3.6 / 4.5

280W

Threadripper Pro 5975WX

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

88.51%

91.79%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.6

65W

Ryzen 5 5600X

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

86.85%

91.72%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Ryzen 7 5800X

Intel Core i7-11700K

86.3%

92.0%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

125W

Core i7-11700K

AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX

86.12%

84.79%

Zen 3

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.5

280W

Threadripper Pro 5995WX

Intel Core i9-10900K

85.01%

91.5%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.7 / 5.3

125W

Core i9-9900K

Intel Core i9-10850K

84.6%

91.07%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.6 / 5.2

95W

Core i9-10850K

Intel Core i5-11600K

84.06%

90.43%

Rocket Lake

6 / 12

3.9 / 4.9

125W

Core i5-11600K

Intel Core i5-11400

80.98%

87.77%

Rocket Lake

6 / 12

2.6 / 4.4

65W

Core i5-11400

Intel Core i7-10700K

80.66%

87.88%

Comet Lake

8 / 16

3.8 / 5.1

125W

Core i7-10700K

Intel Core i9-10980XE

78.04%

84.04%

Cascade Lake-X

18 / 36

3.0 / 4.8

165W

Core i9-10980XE

Intel W-3175X

76.93%

82.58%

Skylake

28 / 56

3.1 / 4.3

225W

@Newegg

Ryzen 7 5700G*

76.61%

83.1%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.6

65W

N/A

Intel Core i9-9900KS

76.12%

84.85%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

4.0 / 5.0

127W

Intel Core i9-9900KS

Intel Core i7-10700/F

~

~

Comet Lake

8 / 16

2.9 / 4.8

65W

Intel Core i7-10700

Intel Core i5-10600K

75.42%

82.57%

Comet Lake

6 / 12

4.1 / 4.8

125W

@Newegg

Intel Core i7-9700K

73.62%

81.12%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 8

3.6 / 4.9

95W

@Amazon

Intel Core i9-9900K / F

73.41%

84.85%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

95W

Core i9-9900K

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

72.63%

78.58%

Zen 2

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.7

105W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 3970X

72.44%

77.99%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.7 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper 3970X

AMD Threadripper 3960X

72.07%

77.12%

Zen 2

24 / 48

3.8 / 4.5

280W

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

71.99%

76.76%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.9 / 4.4

65W

Ryzen 5 5600G

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

71.78%

79.28%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.7

105W

@Newegg

AMD Threadripper 3990X

71.68%

77.94%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.9 / 4.3

280W

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

71.67%

78.55%

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Ryzen 9 3900XT

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

~

~

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.6

105W

@Amazon

Intel Core i9-9980XE

~

~

Skylake

18 / 36

4.4 / 4.5

165W

@B&HPhoto

AMD Ryzen 9 3900

~

~

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.1 / 4.3

105W

OEM only

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

71.43%

79.08%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.4

65W

Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

71.3%

78.67%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.5

105W

Ryzen 7 3800X

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

70.62%

77.75%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.5

95W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

68.63%

75.59%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i9-7960X

~

~

Skylake

16 / 32

2.8 / 4.2

165W

@Newegg

Intel Core i7-8700K

68.47%

76.41%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.7

95W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

68.41%

75.60%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.4

95W

@Newegg

AMD Threadripper Pro 3975WX

67.63%

74.42%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.5 / 4.2

280W

Threadripper Pro 3975WX

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

67.49%

74.6%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 4.3

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i5-9600K

67.06%

75.11%

Coffee Lake-R

6 / 6

3.7 / 4.6

95W

@Newegg

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX

66.18%

69.28%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.2

280W

Threadripper Pro 3995WX

Intel Core i5-8600K

65.84%

73.4%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.3

95W

@Newegg

Intel Core i7-8700

65.57%

73.66%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.2 / 4.6

65W

Core i7-8700

Intel Core i7-8086K

65.05%

73.5%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

4.0 / 5.0

95W

Core i7-8086K

Intel Core i5-9400 / i5-9400F

64.85%

72.08%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.9 / 4.1

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i5-8400

63.96%

71.2%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.8 / 4.0

65W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

~

~

Zen 2

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.1

65W

@Newegg

Core i3-10100

61.88%

69.08%

Comet Lake

4 / 8

3.6 / 4.3

65W

Core i3-10100

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

59.19%

66.55%

Zen+

8 / 16

3.7 / 4.3

105W

@Newegg

Ryzen 7 4750G*

58.43%

66.46%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.6

65W

Ryzen 7 4750G

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

57.75%

64.21%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 3.9

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i9-7980XE

~

~

Skylake

18 / 36

2.6 / 4.2

165W

@Amazon

Intel Core i9-7900X

~

~

Skylake

10 / 20

3.3 / 4.3

140W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

57.55%

65.33%

Zen+

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

95W

@Amazon

Intel Core i7-7700K

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 8

4.2 / 4.5

91W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 2990WX (GM)

~

~

Zen+

32 / 64

3.0 / 4.2

250W

@Newegg

Intel Core i7-7820X

~

~

Skylake

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.3

140W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 2950X (GM)

~

~

Zen +

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.4

180W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 2970WX

~

~

Zen +

24 / 48

3.0 / 4.2

250W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

~

~

Zen+

8 / 16

3.2 / 4.1

65W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 1900X (GM)

~

~

Zen

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.0

180W

@Amazon

Intel Core i7-7700

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 8

3.6 / 4.2

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

~

~

Zen+

6 / 12

3.4 / 3.9

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i7-7800X

~

~

Skylake

6 / 12

3.5 / 4.0

140W

@Newegg

Intel Core i5-7600K

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.8 / 4.2

91W

@Amazon

AMD Threadripper 1950X (GM)

~

~

Zen

16 / 32

3.4 / 4.0

180W

@Newegg

AMD Threadripper 1920X (GM)

~

~

Zen

12 / 24

3.5 / 4.0

180W

@Amazon

Intel Core i3-9350KF

56.42%

65.19%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0 / 4.6

91W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

55.54%

62.68%

Zen 3

4 / 8

4.0 / 4.2

65W

OEM Only

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

53.86%

60.83%

Zen

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.0

95W

@Newegg

Intel Core i5-7600

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.5 / 4.1

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i3-8100

~

~

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

3.6 / -

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i5-7500

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.4 / 3.8

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i5-7400

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.0 / 3.5

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

~

~

Zen

8 / 16

3.8 / 3.9

95W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF

~

~

Zen +

6 / 12

3.2 / 3.6

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

~

~

Zen

8 / 16

3.0 / 3.8

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i3-8350K

53.84%

61.82%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0 / -

91W

Core i3 i3-8350K

Intel Core i3-9100

51.96%

60.1%

Coffee Lake-R

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.2

65W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

49.99%

57.28%

Zen

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.0

95W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

~

~

Zen

6 / 12

3.2 / 3.6

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

48.81%

55.73%

Zen +

4 / 8

3.7 / 4.2

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i5-7400

~

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.0 / 3.5

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i3-8100

48.43%

59.7%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

3.6 / -

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

45.96%

52.98%

Zen +

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.0

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

44.84%

50.67%

Zen+

4 / 8

3.6 / 3.9

65W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

~

~

Zen

4 / 8

3.5 / 3.7

65W

@Newegg

Intel Core i3-7350K

~

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

4.2 / -

60W

@Newegg

Intel Pentium G5600

~

~

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

54W

@Newegg

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

42.16%

48.56%

Zen+

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

~

~

Zen

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

@Amazon

Intel Core i3-7300

~

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

4.0 / -

51W

@BH&Photo

Intel Pentium G5600

37.52%

44.7%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

54W

@Intel

Intel Pentium G5400

36.57%

43.31%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.7 / -

54W

@Amazon

Intel Core i3-7100

~

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

51W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 5 1400

~

~

Zen

4 / 8

3.2 / 3.4

65W

@Amazon

Intel Pentium G4620

~

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.7 / -

54W

@Newegg

Intel Pentium G4560

~

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.5 / -

54W

@Newegg

AMD Athlon 3000G

~

~

Zen+

2 / 4

3.5 / -

35W

@Amazon

AMD Athlon 240GE

~

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.5 / -

35W

@Amazon

AMD Athlon 220GE

~

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.4 / -

35W

@Amazon

AMD Athlon 200GE

~

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.2 / -

35W

@Amazon

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

~

~

Zen

4 / 4

3.1 / 3.2

65W

@Amazon

Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A

~

~

LuJiaZui 

8 / 8

2.7 / -

70W

N/A

AMD A10-9700

~

~

Bristol Ridge

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.8

65W

@Newegg

These tests are from our 2022 test bench. We measured performance for the 1080p CPU gaming benchmarks with a geometric mean of Borderlands 3, Hitman 2, Far Cry 5, Project CARS 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. We measured performance for the 1440p CPU gaming benchmarks with a geometric mean of Borderlands 3, Project CARS 3, Far Cry 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. We conducted these tests in Windows 10.

Legacy: 2020 - 2022 Single-Threaded CPU Benchmarks Rankings

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Legacy: 2020 - 2022 Single-Threaded CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy - Windows 10

 

Single-Threaded App Score

Architecture

Cores/Threads

Base/Boost GHz

TDP

Intel Core i9-11900K (ABT off/on)

100% / 99.57%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.5 / 5.3

125W

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

95.31%

Zen 3

16 / 32

3.4 / 4.9

105W

Core i9-12900K DDR5 / DDR4

95.16% / 94.64%

Alder Lake

16 / 24 (8P+8E)

3.2 / 5.2

125 / 241W

Core i7-11700K

94.29%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

93.69%

Zen 3

12 / 24

3.7 / 4.8

105W

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

92.84%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Intel Core i5-11600K

92.56% / 89.67%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.9

125W

Intel Core i7-12700K DDR5 / DDR4

91.60%

Alder Lake

12 / 20 (8P+4E)

3.6 / 4.9

125W / 190W

AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX

89.25%

Zen 3

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.5

280W

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

89.19%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.6

65W

Ryzen 7 5700G

88.92%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.4

65W

AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX

88.48%

Zen 3

64 / 128

3.6 / 4.5

280W

Core i5-12600K DDR4 / DDR5

87.85% / 87.82%

Alder Lake

10 / 16 (6P+4E)

3.7 / 4.9

125 / 150W

Intel Core i9-10900K

86.68%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.7 / 5.3

125W

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

85.75%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.9 / 4.4

65W

Intel Core i9-10850K

84.87%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.6 / 5.2

95W

Intel Core i9-9900KS

83.13%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

4.0 / 5.0

127W

Intel Core i5-11400

83.09%

Rocket Lake

6 / 12

2.6 / 4.4

65W

Intel Core i9-9900K

82.63%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

95W

Intel Core i7-10700K

82.31%

Comet Lake

8 / 16

3.8 / 5.1

125W

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

81.51%

Zen 3

4 / 8

4.0 / 4.2

65W

Intel Core i7-9700K

80.36%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 8

3.6 / 4.9

95W

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

79.75%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.7

105W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

79.11%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.5

95W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

78.86%

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Intel Core i5-10600K

78.79%

Comet Lake

6 / 12

4.1 / 4.

125W

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

78.37%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.5

105W

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

78.18%

Zen 2

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.7

105W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

77.68%

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.6

105W

Intel Core i7-10700/F

~

Comet Lake

8 / 16

2.9 / 4.8

65W

Ryzen 7 4750G

77.2%

Zen 3

8 /16

3.6 / 4.4

65W

AMD Threadripper 3970X

76.52%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.7 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper 3960X

76.42%

Zen 2

24 / 48

3.8 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper Pro 3975WX

76.36%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.5 / 4.2

280W

Intel Core i7-8700K

76.32%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.7

95W

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

76.29%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.4

65W

Intel Core i7-8086K

76.21%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

4.0 / 5.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

75.85%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.4

95W

Intel Core i3-9350KF

75.72%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0 / 4.6

91W

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

75.62%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 4.3

65W

Intel Core i5-9600K

75.41%

Coffee Lake-R

6 / 6

3.7 / 4.6

95W

Intel Core i9-10980XE

75.24%

Cascade Lake-X

18 / 36

3.0 / 4.8

165W

AMD Threadripper 3990X

75.10%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.9 / 4.3

280W

Intel Core i7-8700

74.66%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.2 / 4.6

65W

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX

74.20%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.2

280W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

73.02%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

65W

Intel Core i9-9980XE

~

Skylake

18 / 36

4.4 / 4.5

165W

Intel Core i7-7700K

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 8

4.2 / 4.5

91W

Intel Core i5-8600K

71.08%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.3

95W

Core i3-10100

70.80%

Coffee Lake

4 / 8

3.6 / 4.3

65W

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

69.53%

Zen+

8 / 16

3.7 / 4.3

105W

Intel Core i3-9100

69.20%

Coffee Lake-R

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.2

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

67.74%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 3.9

65W

Intel Core i5-9400 / -9400F

67.67%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.9 / 4.1

65W

Intel Xeon W-3175X

67.51%

Skylake

28 / 56

3.1 / 3.8

225W

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

66.78%

Zen+

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

95W

Intel Core i3-8350K / -8350KF

66.71%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0 / -

91W

Intel Core i5-8400

66.03%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.8 / 4.0

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

~

Zen 2

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.1

65W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900

~

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.1 / 4.3

65W

Intel Core i3-7100

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

51W

AMD Threadripper 2950X

~

Zen +

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.4

180W

AMD Threadripper 2990WX

~

Zen+

32 / 64

3.0 / 4.2

250W

AMD Threadripper 2970WX

~

Zen +

24 / 48

3.0 / 4.2

250W

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

64.86%

Zen +

4 / 8

3.7 / 4.2

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

63.62%

Zen

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

61.99%

Zen

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.0

95W

Intel Core i5-7400

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.0 / 3.5

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

60.90%

Zen +

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.0

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

60.79%

Zen+

4 / 8

3.6 / 3.9

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

~

Zen

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF

~

Zen

6 / 12

3.2 / 3.6

65W

Intel Pentium G5600

60.13%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

54W

Intel Core i3-8100

60.12%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

3.6 / -

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

57.09%

Zen

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

Intel Pentium G5400

56.79%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.7 / -

54W

AMD Athlon 3000G

~

Zen+

2 / 4

3.5 / -

35W

AMD Athlon 220GE

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.4 / -

35W

Intel Pentium G4560

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.5 / -

54W

AMD Athlon 200GE

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.2 / -

35W

AMD A10-9700

~

Bristol Ridge

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.8

65W

Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A

~

LuJiaZui 

8 / 8

2.7 / -

70W

These results are from our 2022 test bench. We calculate the above single-threaded CPU benchmark rankings based on a geometric mean of the Cinebench, POV-Ray, and LAME CPU benchmarks. The most powerful chip gets a 100, and all others are scored relative to it. We conducted these tests in Windows 10.

Legacy: 2020 - 2022 Multi-Threaded CPU Benchmarks Rankings

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Legacy: Multi-Threaded CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy 2020 - 2022 - Windows 10

 

Multi-Threaded App Score

Architecture

Cores/Threads

Base/Boost GHz

TDP

AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX

112.53%

Zen 3

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper 3990X

100.0%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.9 / 4.3

280W

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX

97.59%

Zen 2

64 / 128

2.7 / 4.2

280W

AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX

93.14%

Zen 3

32 / 64

3.6 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper Pro 3975WX

82.59%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.5 / 4.2

280W

AMD Threadripper 3970X

75.74%

Zen 2

32 / 64

3.7 / 4.5

280W

AMD Threadripper 3960X

64.76%

Zen 2

24 / 48

3.8 / 4.5

280W

Intel Xeon W-3175X

59.95%

Skylake

28 / 56

3.1 / 4.3

225W

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

53.58%

Zen 3

16 / 32

3.4 / 4.9

105W

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

47.32%

Zen 2

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.7

105W

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

45.89%

Zen 3

12 / 24

3.7 / 4.8

105W

Intel Core i9-10980XE

43.06%

Cascade Lake-X

18 / 36

3.0 / 4.8

165W

Intel Core i9-9980XE

~

Skylake

18 / 36

4.4 / 4.5

165W

AMD Threadripper 2990WX

~

Zen+

32 / 64

3.0 / 4.2

250W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

38.69%

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.6

105W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

38.66%

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Core i9-12900K DDR4 / DDR5

38.39% / 38.11%

Alder Lake

16 / 24 (8P+8E)

3.2 / 5.2

125 / 241W

Intel Core i9-11900K (ABT off/on)

36.01% / 37.07%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.5 / 5.3

125W

AMD Threadripper 2970WX

~

Zen +

24 / 48

3.0 / 4.2

250W

Core i7-11700K

34.26%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

125W

Intel Core i9-10900K

33.79%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.7 / 5.3

125W

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

33.48%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.7

105W

Intel Core i9-10850K

33.38%

Comet Lake

10 / 20

3.6 / 5.2

95W

AMD Threadripper 2950X

~

Zen +

16 / 32

3.5 / 4.4

180W

AMD Ryzen 9 3900

~

Zen 2

12 / 24

3.1 / 4.3

65W

Ryzen 7 5700G

29.73%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.8 / 4.6

65W

Intel Core i9-9900KS

29.11%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

4.0 / 5.0

127W

Core i7-12700K DDR5 / DDR4

28.77% / 28.77%

Alder Lake

12 / 20 (8P+4E)

2.7 / 3.8

125 / 190W

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

28.49%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.7

105W

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

28.25%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.5

105W

Intel Core i7-10700K

28.17%

Comet Lake

8 / 16

3.8 / 5.1

125W

Intel Core i9-9900K

27.78%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 16

3.6 / 5.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

27.47%

Zen 2

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.4

65W

Intel Core i5-11600K

26.79%

Rocket Lake

8 / 16

3.9 / 4.9

125W

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

26.15%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.6

65W

AMD Ryzen 7 4750G

26.06%

Zen 3

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.4

65W

Intel Core i7-10700/F

~

Comet Lake

8 / 16

2.9 / 4.8

65W

Intel Core i5-11400

24.46%

Rocket Lake

6 / 12

2.6 / 4.4

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

23.33%

Zen 3

6 / 12

3.9 / 4.4

65W

Core i5-12600K DDR4 / DDR5

2308% / 23.07%

Alder Lake

10 / 16 (6P+4E)

3.7 / 4.9

125 / 150W

Intel Core i7-9700K

22.81%

Coffee Lake-R

8 / 8

3.6 / 4.9

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

22.28%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.5

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

21.76%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.8 / 4.4

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

21.41%

Zen 2

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

65W

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

21.59%

Zen+

8 / 16

3.7 / 4.3

105W

Intel Core i5-10600K

20.83%

Comet Lake

6 / 12

4.1 / 4.8

125W

Intel Core i7-8700K

20.23%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.7 / 4.7

95W

Core i7-8700

20.04%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

3.2 / 4.6

65W

Core i7-8086K

19.30%

Coffee Lake

6 / 12

4.0 / 5.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

19.17%

Zen

8 / 16

3.6 / 4.0

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

16.96%

Zen+

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.2

95W

Intel Core i5-9600K

16.60%

Coffee Lake-R

6 / 6

3.7 / 4.6

95W

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

~

Zen 2

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.1

65W

Intel Core i7-7700K

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 8

4.2 / 4.5

91W

Intel Core i5-8600K

15.93%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

3.6 / 4.3

95W

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

15.83%

Zen 3

4 / 8

4.0 / 4.2

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

15.55%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 4.3

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF

~

Zen

6 / 12

3.2 / 3.6

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

15.16%

Zen

6 / 12

3.6 / 4.0

95W

Intel Core i5-9400 / -9400F

15.04%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.9 / 4.1

65W

Intel Core i5-8400

14.76%

Coffee Lake

6 / 6

2.8 / 4.0

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

14.17%

Zen 2

4 / 8

3.8 / 3.9

65W

Core i3-10100

13.37%

Rocket Lake

4 / 8

3.6 / 4.3

65W

Intel Core i3-9350KF

11.76%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0/4.6

91W

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

11.31%

Zen +

4 / 8

3.7 / 4.2

65W

Intel Core i3-8350K

10.74%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

4.0 / -

91W

Intel Core i3-9100

10.70%

Coffee Lake-R

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.2

65W

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

10.56%

Zen+

4 / 8

3.6 / 3.9

65W

Intel Core i3-8100

9.61%

Coffee Lake

4 / 4

3.6 / -

65W

Intel Core i5-7400

~

Kaby Lake

4 / 4

3.0 / 3.5

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

8.66%

Zen +

4 / 4

3.6 / 4.0

65W

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

~

Zen

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

Intel Core i3-7100

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

51W

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

7.99%

Zen

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.7

65W

Intel Pentium G5600

5.43%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.9 / -

54W

AMD Athlon 3000G

~

Zen+

2 / 4

3.5 / -

35W

AMD Athlon 220GE

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.4 / -

35W

Intel Pentium G5400

5.13%

Coffee Lake

2 / 4

3.7 / -

54W

AMD Athlon 200GE

~

Zen

2 / 4

3.2 / -

35W

Intel Pentium G4560

~

Kaby Lake

2 / 4

3.5 / -

54W

AMD A10-9700

~

Bristol Ridge

4 / 4

3.5 / 3.8

65W

Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A

~

LuJiaZui 

8 / 8

2.7 / -

70W

These tests are from our 2022 test bench. The multi-threaded workload column is based on CPU benchmarks performance in Cinebench, POV-ray, vray, Blender (four tests - Koro, Barcellona, Classroom, bmw27), y-cruncher, and Handbrake x264 and x265 workloads. These CPU benchmarks represent performance in productivity-focused applications that tend to require more compute horsepower. The most powerful chip gets a 100, and all others are scored relative to it. We conducted these benchmarks in Windows 10.

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Legacy 2023 CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy Test Setup

Hardware

Header Cell - Column 1

AMD Socket AM4 (400- 500-Series)

AMD Ryzen 2000- 3000- 5000- series processors

 

MSI MEG X570 Godlike

 

2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600

Intel LGA 1151 (Z490)

Intel Comet Lake processors

 

MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC

 

2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600

AMD Socket AM4 (300-Series)

Ryzen 1000-series processors

 

MSI X370 Xpower Gaming Titanium

 

2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2667

Intel LGA 1151 (Z270)

Intel Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake processors

 

MSI Z270 Gaming M7

 

2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600

Intel LGA 2066

Intel Skylake processors

 

MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC

 

2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600

All

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Eagle

 

2TB Intel DC4510 SSD

 

EVGA Supernova 1600 T2, 1600W

 

Windows 10 Pro version 2004 (build 19041.450)

Cooling

Corsair H115i

Legacy: Pre-2018 Desktop CPU Benchmarks

Recognizing that a lot of older platforms are going to be paired with graphics subsystems multiple generations old, we wanted to define the top of our range to encourage balance between host processing and complementary GPUs. At this point, anyone with a Sandy Bridge-based Core i7 would realize a gain from stepping up to Coffee Lake or Kaby Lake, for example. And putting AMD's top FX CPUs next to a handful of Core i7s and those older Core i5s represents an upgrade to their status.

Currently, our hierarchy consists of 13 total tiers. The bottom half of the chart is largely outdated; you'll notice those CPUs dragging down performance in the latest games, whether you have one of the best graphics cards or not. If you own a CPU in that range, an upgrade could really take your experience to another level.

Really, it's the top five tiers or so that remain viable. And in that top half of the chart, an upgrade is typically worthwhile if it's a least a couple of tiers higher. Otherwise, there's just not enough improvement to warrant the expense of a fresh CPU, motherboard and RAM (not to mention the graphics card and storage solution you'd be considering as well).

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Legacy: Pre-2018 Desktop CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy

Intel CPUs

AMD CPUs and APUs

Intel Core i7-8700K

Row 1 - Cell 1

Intel Core i9-7900X

Row 2 - Cell 1

Intel Core i9-7960X

Row 3 - Cell 1

Intel Core i9-7980XE

Row 4 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-8700K

Row 5 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-7740X

Row 6 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-7700K

Row 7 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-7820X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Intel Core i7-7700

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Intel Core i5-8400

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Intel Core i7-7800X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Intel Core i7-7700T

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Intel Core i7-6950X

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Intel Core i7-6900K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i7-6850K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Intel Core i7-6800K

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Intel Core i7-6700K

AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Intel Core i7 6700

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

Intel Core i7-5960X

Ryzen 5 2400G

Intel Core i7-5930K

Row 20 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-5820K

Row 21 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-5775C

Row 22 - Cell 1

Intel i7-4960X

Row 23 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4930K

Row 24 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4820K

Row 25 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4790K

Row 26 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4770K

Row 27 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4790

Row 28 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4771

Row 29 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-4770

Row 30 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3970X

Row 31 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3960X

Row 32 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3930K

Row 33 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3820

Row 34 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3770K

Row 35 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-3770

Row 36 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-7640X

Row 37 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-7600K

Row 38 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-7600

Row 39 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-7500

Row 40 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-7400

Row 41 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5 6600K

Row 42 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-6600

Row 43 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-6500

Row 44 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5 6402P

Row 45 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-6400

Row 46 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-5675C

Row 47 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4690K

Row 48 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4670K

Row 49 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4590

Row 50 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4670

Row 51 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4570

Row 52 - Cell 1

Intel BX80646I54460

Row 53 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4440

Row 54 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-4430

Row 55 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-3570K

Row 56 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-3570

Row 57 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-3550

Row 58 - Cell 1
Row 59 - Cell 0 Row 59 - Cell 1

Intel CPUs

AMD CPUs and APUs

Intel Core i7-990X Extreme

Row 61 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme

Row 62 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-975 Extreme

Row 63 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-2600K

Row 64 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-2600

Row 65 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-965

Row 66 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-3470

Row 67 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-3450P

Intel Core i7-7700

Intel Core i5-3450

AMD FX-9370

Intel Core i5-3350P

AMD FX-8370

Intel Core i5-3330

AMD FX-8350 w/Wraith

Intel Core i5-2550K

AMD FX-8320

Intel Core i5-2500K

AMD FX-8300

Intel Core i5-2500

AMD FX-8150

Intel Core i5-2450P

Row 75 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-2400

Row 76 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-2380P

Row 77 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-2320

Row 78 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-2310

Row 79 - Cell 1

Intel Core i5-2300

Row 80 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-7350K

Row 81 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-7320

Row 82 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-7300

Row 83 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-7100

Row 84 - Cell 1
Row 85 - Cell 0 Row 85 - Cell 1

Intel CPUs

AMD CPUs and APUs

Intel Core i7-980

Row 87 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-970

Row 88 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-960

Row 89 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-875K

Row 90 - Cell 1

Intel Core i7-870

Row 91 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3 6320

Row 92 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3 6300

Row 93 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-6100

AMD FX-6350

Intel Core i3 6100T

AMD FX-4350

Intel Core i3-6098P

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition

Intel Core i3-4360

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition

Intel Core i3-4350

AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 980

Intel Core i3-4340

AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 975

Intel Core i3-4170

Row 100 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-4160

Row 101 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-4150

Row 102 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-4130

Row 103 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3250

Row 104 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3245

Row 105 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3240

Row 106 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3225

Row 107 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3220

Row 108 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-3210

Row 109 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-2130

Row 110 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-2025

Row 111 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-2120

Row 112 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-2105

Row 113 - Cell 1

Intel Core i3-2100

Row 114 - Cell 1

Intel Pentium G4620

Row 115 - Cell 1

Intel Pentium G4600

Row 116 - Cell 1

Intel Pentium G4560

Row 117 - Cell 1

Intel Pentium G4500

Row 118 - Cell 1

Intel Pentium G4400

Row 119 - Cell 1
Row 120 - Cell 0 Row 120 - Cell 1

Intel CPUs

AMD CPUs and APUs

Row 122 - Cell 0

AMD FX-8370E

Row 123 - Cell 0

AMD FX-8320

Row 124 - Cell 0

AMD FX-8120

Row 125 - Cell 0

AMD FX-6300

Row 126 - Cell 0

AMD FX-6200

Row 127 - Cell 0

AMD FX-4300

Row 128 - Cell 0

AMD FX-4170

Row 129 - Cell 0

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T

Intel Core i7-950

AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition

Intel Core i7-940

AMD Phenom II X4 965

Intel Core i7-930

AMD Phenom II X4 955

Intel Core i7-920

AMD A10-7890K APU

Intel Core i7-860

Intel A10-7870K

Intel Core i5-3220T

AMD A10-7860K

Intel Core i5-2405S

AMD A10-7850K

Intel Core i5-2400S

AMD A10-7800

Intel Core i5-760

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AMD Phenom II X3 710

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AMD Phenom II X3 705e

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AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition

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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition

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AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition

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AMD Athlon II X2 260

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6600

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AMD Athlon X2 4450e/b

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  • abryant
    Archived comments are found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3819348/intel-amd-processor-hierarchy.html
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  • King_V
    Will the G5xxx Pentiums, as well as the Ryzen-based Athlons, be added?

    Come to think about it, maybe the AM4 versions of the A10 and A12?

    Low end stuff, true, but still interesting I think to see where the new bottom-end CPUs fit relative to some of the older things that were decent performers in their day.
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  • Yarberger1
    I have an i5-3570. I have previously been told that an upgrade to (for example) an i7-8700K would see a significant improvement and would be well worth the investment. This article seems to say the exact opposite.

    I presently have a 1920x1080 monitor and GTX960 GPU. My system is used for general office applications, surfing and limited gaming (WoW, with an intention to switch to Elite: Dangerous shortly).
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  • King_V
    My son, at his mother's house, still uses an i5-2320 with a GTX 660Ti. Handles his needs just fine. I'd say with your usage, what you have is more than sufficient.
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  • Yarberger1
    Would this remain the case if I were to upgrade to a 2560x1440 monitor? (Thanks for the reply)
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  • King_V
    That I couldn't say - as I'm not familiar with those particular games or how demanding they are.

    Might be more appropriate to start a separate thread though, for that question. That way you're more likely to get people who can address that question than who would see it buried in the midst of this thread about the hierarchy charts.
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  • urbanman2004
    Would it be advisable to upgrade the GPU on a system running a i7-980X (w/ 16GB RAM) from a GTX 680 (2GB) to a GTX 1070 (8GB)?
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  • King_V
    That would really be more dependent on your monitor's resolution and refresh rate. Could be the right choice, could be a bit of overkill, depending on the monitor.
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  • nufelevas
    Here are the prices updates to February 2019.

    The size of the bubbles indicate application performance.

    The labels in red belong to best buys (lower price or higher performance)


    Not all prices and processors on the article are on sale anymore, so I excluded some CPUs.

    Prices source:
    Intel Core i7-8700K $ 400 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07598VZR8/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    Intel Core i7-8700 $ 350 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07598HLB4/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i9-7960X $ 930 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B075XRYMDS/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i5-8600K $ 260 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0759FKH8K/?tag=pcpapi-20
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X $ 216 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07B428V2L/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $ 310 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07B428M7F/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    Intel Core i9-7980XE $ 1.900 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Intel-Core-i9-7980XE-Skylake-X-18-Core-2-6-GHz-LGA-2066-Desktop-Processor-BX80673I97980X/267995409?affp1=Gf2ssvCIn0M5cClvlZxbzAfXxGbjFWVJaxJnUrYVLKY&affilsrc=api&u1=&oid=223073.7200&wmlspartner=8BacdVP0GFs&sourceid=24923187711495984409&affillinktype=14&veh=aff
    Intel Core i9-7900X $ 1.013 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA6581U4822&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-ed-Future%20Publishing%20Ltd-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=12920453&PID=8900246&SID=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312
    Intel Core i7-7700K $ 419 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MXSI216/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
    Intel Core i5-8400 $ 200 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0759FGJ3Q/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    AMD Threadripper 2950X $ 930 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07GFN6CVF/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i7-7820X $ 670 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B072NF4BY3/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i3-8350K $ 200 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0759FWJDK/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700 $ 260 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07B41717Z/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    AMD Threadripper 1900X $ 310 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0754JNQBP/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    Intel Core i7-7700 $ 340 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01N0L41N7/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
    Threadripper 2990WX $ 1.730 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07G25SD1P/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $ 165 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07B41WS48/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i7-7800X $ 400 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117793&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink2-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=8167422&SID=js0gcflbe00035wt05278&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-VigLink2&cjevent=05fe1ba92e0c11e98283044d0a24060d
    Intel Core i5-7600K $ 280 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MRRPPQS/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    AMD Threadripper 1950X $ 590 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113447&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-ed-Future%20Publishing%20Ltd-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=12920453&PID=8900246&SID=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312
    AMD Threadripper 1920X $ 450 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B074CBJHCT/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    AMD Ryzen 7 1800X $ 320 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06W9JXK4G/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
    Intel Core i5-7600 $ 270 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MYTYSMK?tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312-20
    AMD Ryzen 7 1700X $ 190 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06X3W9NGG/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600X $ 160 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06XKWT7GD/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    Intel Core i3-8100 $ 119 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0759FTRZL/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i5-7500 $ 242 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MZZJ1P0/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
    Intel Core i5-7400 $ 220 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117731&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-ed-Future%20Publishing%20Ltd-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=12920453&PID=8900246&SID=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312
    AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $ 170 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06WP5YCX6/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_new=true
    AMD Ryzen 5 1500X $ 160 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06XKVNRSM/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i3-7350K $ 200 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117772&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink2-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=8167422&SID=js0h0apiku0035wt05278&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-VigLink2&cjevent=9d681f5d2e0e11e9809a04500a240614
    AMD Ryzen 5 2400G $ 150 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B079D8FD28/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Core i3-7300 $ 241 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01N59LL8R?tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312-20
    Intel Core i3-7100 $ 170 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01NCESRJX/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
    AMD Ryzen 5 1400 $ 135 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06XKWT8J4/ref=olp_f_new?tag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=tomshardware-thaus:en_US_18_Review_4312-20&f_new=true
    AMD Ryzen 3 1300X $ 160 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0741DLVL7/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    AMD Ryzen 3 2200G $ 95 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B079D3DBNM/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
    Intel Pentium G4560 $ 110 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117743&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink2-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=8167422&SID=js0h9q5vas0035wt05278&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-VigLink2&cjevent=a399b49e2e0f11e9826d04460a24060f
    AMD Ryzen 3 1200 $ 95 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0741DN383/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
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  • drawingpin
    The amazon prices showing for the likes of the Ryzen 2600X are inflated as they're displaying the price for a combo deal with a Corsair AIO. Not very helpful as price is a huge factor and the Ryzen CPUs already come with their own cooler.
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