The Best Value Gaming CPUs: 28 Top CPUs Tested

[nnguy2]

I thought it had more to do with the fact that the 3D cache is directly connected to only one of the two CCXs. Any cores on the other CCX that are in use during gaming have a latency disadvantage.

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Core parking is the behavior wherein half of the CPU’s cores are “parked,” or are specifically unused and avoided, when running applications that would benefit from instead running on a single CCD.

The affected AMD CPUs have two CCDs, or two chiplets in addition to the I/O die chiplet. CPUs like the 7800X3D only have a single chiplet which also has the extra cache.

With the 7950X3D (watch our review) and 7900X3D (watch our review), the reason you’d park cores is because the extra cache is on one CCD. BIOS can be set to favor the CCD with higher frequency or with more cache, but you should be using the chipset drivers for all of this. If a game is bouncing load indiscriminately between cores spread across two very different chiplets, it is possible that performance is worse. Core parking is supposed to fix this, and typically, it does a pretty good job.

If you were to force core parking on a CPU that doesn’t require it, it is very likely that you hurt the performance significantly. This could cut it by double-digit percentages. Likewise, not enabling it on CPUs that require it could hurt performance by double-digit percentages.

 

[liljom]

Techspot is my main source of tech news, and therefor I almost missed the Ryzen 7500F.
Is it not available in the US? We have it here in Europe. That model would improve the AMD numbers

 

[m3tavision]

Without reading this article (I can say without no doubt), the best gaming CPU value is the 5600X3D...!

Every single one was & is sold out...!

 

[calvinblanes]

As a 3rd world citizen, this is what makes me posible to keep up with gaming, I can't afford high end tech, and here (Argentina) any electronic that isn't ultra mainstream have it's price inflated like 5000% for no reason except low offer. Right now I could only afford the Ryzen 5 7600, but looking at these benchmarks may be the best option in years. Thanks.

TLDR: I'm just really greatful and happy that this awesome website shares such useful benchmarks.

 

[Gars]

Review is perfectly made for the current situation, ty for that
next review will cover the fixes over the poor quality of launched products, im not sure if im interested in that

 

[captaincranky]

FWIW: The i9-12900 is down to $252.00.. Newegg has been advertising it on and off between $250 & $275. ($280.00 w/Promo code today)

I bought an i5-12600K from there for $150.00 about 3 weeks before Black Friday. It came with a free 500 GB NVme SSD (Team Group), a free game, and a free 30 day subscription to something or other.

Strangely enough, it was "on sale" Black Friday at Newegg again, for $184.00 with no free goodies. Oh the irony.