'Fixed' my Testing? Trying a new Way to Test i5 12600k vs R5 5600X (Performance vs Price & Power)

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Western Digital Ad
2:14 Setup Details
3:18 Why no DDR5?
3:48 Far Cry 6 1080p
5:07 Far Cry 6 4K
5:54 Battlefield 2042
6:37 Render Workload
7:44 Conclusion New Testing Method

[derauer-en]

It's 2am here sorry haha. Now fixed the title

[dbdarrough]

Everyone has different use cases which is why I like seeing this type of testing. If pure performance without considering cost or power consumption is what you want, these charts tell you that. If fps/points per watt or per dollar is your deciding factor than these charts also tell you that. If you could combine all of the different AMD and Intel CPUs into a single chart for each use case then users could even decide whether they want to compare the 5950x or the 5900x with the 12900k. Thanks and keep up the good work!

[travishauch]

Title says 12900k vs 5900x but video is all about 12600k vs 5600x

[vMaxHeadroom]

12600K is surprisingly good! Not sure performance per watt for gaming would ever come into my equation but on the productivity side yes if it was constantly in use...Great analysis as usual...bottom line buy what suits your use case and of course what you like be it Intel or AMD..

[Cypeq]

It's good that you show power draws in gaming, because some people draw wrong conclusions from powerdraw numbers in sustained heavy workloads.
In gaming in general power draw doesn't matter, it's not significant enough number and you're just having fun.
Intel in modest workload that is gaming has only around half of it's peak power draw.
Power draw, efficiency/watt, is only worthwhile consideration for productivity, and long frequent passes for video rendering and such,
where that ~100w difference might be noticeable on the power bill.
Gamers in general shouldn't look too hard on those numbers. I would dare to say it does not matter to them.

[tkpenalty]

It's interesting that the 12600k will unconservatively boost all the cores all the way, whilst the 5600X doesn't to maintain its rated TDP.

The great thing here is that the 12600K at least has that option practically speaking now, vs 11th gen, whilst the 5600X has the option of PBO and should significantly gain.

So both parts perform respectably essentially (performance per cost wise), and you can't go wrong with either.

I don't understand people peddling the 11400F though - LGA1200 is a dead-end socket whilst LGA1700 and AM4 still have future launches incoming.

[Pepelepiuxx]

just one "complaint", would better if you put always the graphics/tables in the same order, its slightly confusing if you change the order at least in a quick look

[fullmetaflak]

This kind of comparison is stellar, thank you for putting in the work

[Peter.H.A.Petersen]

To me, power consumption has always been very important. First of all, I care about noise. I want my system to be dead silent. Second, power prices has always been very high in my country. For instance, you often pay more for powering a server at your home, than rent one elsewhere, and crypto mining is hardly ever profitable, when you pay that much for power. Third, there's the environment. The climate is changing, and I am more than 90 percent sure that we are the driving factor in this.

So thank you Roman, for always taking this into account.

Though you could do even more Undervolting, which to me is much more interesting than Overclocking ...

[TheSupremeSkill]

This type of testing is certainly more revealing and appreciated. High performance should not be achieved by any means necessary.

[wndrlur]

I've never seen this kind of comparison with the FPS/W or Points/W and I am extremely thankful that you decided to calculate it and introduce it. This is exactly the information I was struggling to find for the past few months.
Great work!
LTT, GN, HU, Jay and everybody else have few things to learn from here ;)

[twiggsherman]

Let's be honest, the only people complaining about the ram speed was AMD fanboys. If Ryzen had done DDR5 first, they'd think it was a fine comparison. DDR4 is EOL. The DDR5 kit can be carried forward for the foreseeable future. My current DDR4 kit I got for a 6700K, and have carried it forward to my 5600X right now. The cost of a DDR5 kit carries forward for at least the next two or three CPU upgrades.

[LawrenceTimme]

Don't care about power consumption at all. The best CPU is the fastest at the price point. It's not like the extra power is going to make any noticeable difference.

[MTBScotland]

Going on about price but you’re using a 3080ti 😂 couldn’t be a more pointless test. People that own a 5600x don’t have a 3080ti. Compare it with a much cheaper gpu like a 6600xt or 3060.

[joshashe]

With what's going on with electricity market and resources overall this can be very important test to users like me. I like both power efficient and cheaper builds. That's why I bought 5600x in the past. 12th gen intel cpus seem like very good option too.

[WouterVerbruggen]

Nice analysis! Power efficiency is so often underrepresented. Should be looked at much more I'd way. I mean, nice and all that your CPU has a little more power, but after a few years it would have cost you a fair bit more in power bill whats the better choice right?

[abb]

Am I the only person in the world that noticed the cheapest s1700 mobo is ~$190 compared to ~$50 for AM4 and ~$90 for a good AM4? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, and not in the good way.

[lec_R]

Great video. But I still believe that AMD must drop their prices. 300 bux for a 6c12t cpu is too much, especially when the 12600kf is a much better buy for rendering purposes

[JohnSmith-ohux]

Great way to compare. Bang per buck vs power usage is very important to me. Fast and relatively good priced? Efficient? Yes please. Power hungry? Thnx but no thnx.

[jay_me]

I think it was perfectly fair for Intel to be on DDR5. Yea, same memory kit makes the performance difference more down to the cores, but if someone cared that much about performance then they'd buy DDR5 anyway. Plus, DDR5 seems to be a double edged sword currently. Some games and workloads like the bandwidth while others love properly tuned DDR4's lower latency.