Which Intel CPUs are Better than Others?

[kubakaktus_]

The letter at the end is also pretty important. The F means the chip doesn't have integrated graphics and and K means it has an unlocked multiplier(can be overclocked)

[rahulmandal]

I think he meant the i5 13600k vs the i9 12900 (base one)

[TheHammerGuy]

Linus summed it up:
within the same product generation
The cores and the Clock speeds matter
but it's when you begin to compare between 2 different generations
that's where things get a little complicated.
within the same product class, a later gen i3 is clearly better than the earlier gen i3.
but across different product classes, it gets a little wierd and not as straightforward.

[Adam-dbdc]

True and it’s always a common misconception that i3 is bad no if it’s the newest gen or even a old gen but kinda recent it’s a beats

[modarkthemauler]

Feeling called out. I'm upgrading to a i3-12100F to replace my i7-4790K as soon as i can afford it.

[mznxbcvx]

Pretty sure the i5 he meant is 13600k, not that 13400f. lol

[why_is_every_username_used]

He was probably talking about a 13600k, but I’d say the i9 takes too much power so unless both are free I’d choose even the 13400f regardless

[CounterStrikeSquared]

Benchmarks have shown that in gaming the 13600k
beats out all of the previous 12th gen cpus, including the 12900kf

[jlaize]

FYI, only the 13600k is using new 13th gen cores in the 13th gen i5 family. 13600 and or lower tiers have less L2 cache therefore actually using the 12th gen core

[daviddursty]

It also depends on the amount of security vulnerability patches that are on the older cpu. Meltdown and spectre mitigations in 2018 really slowed things down, and this last year we had downfall, but I'm not sure how much the mitigation slows things down.

[toxicbomb]

Yeah he messed up 😭🥱

Edit: why do I have so many likes ???!! 🤑

[sharabafama]

Bro was really confident with that one

[drivein]

13600k is on par if not better than 12900k
But that highly comes down to what you actually wanna do with ur processor.

[yungnachty]

The 13600K is literally 4-5% faster than the 12900K and it cost way less even when 12900K is discounted.

[jandkwhite]

Pretty sure GN proved a 13600k is better than a 12900k

[tanmay]

I think there should be a single unit that remove heat from cpu and gpu at the same time and let it overclock or undervolt even further

[Bolt-stonegaming]

Zach's rare footage of shooting at night

[catyes]

I swear I saw a video from this guy just the other day talking about how generation is the determining factor and the identifier doesn't matter

[filip]

Generation number matters if we're talking 3-5 years apart, but Core i number matters if we're talking 1-2 years.

[gteixeira]

It really depends. The newest generation also will come with a support for newer memory, and PCI Express support and also the motherboards may come with more m.2 slots. So even if the raw CPU power is higher of an older high end CPU, overall the system could still be slower.