We recently put together our updatedCPU buying guidethat focused on both platform upgrades and complete system builds.
Now let’s take in consideration AM4 vs. AM5 platform costs.
Ideally, you’d probably want something like the Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX which costs $200.
Then there’s the memory.
So it’s not really an apples to apples comparison in terms of features and board quality.
We should probably get into the benchmarks as we know that’s what you are here for.
Regardless of which CPU you use, performance is almost always going to be identical.
Impressive stuff from AMD’s Zen 3 based 3D V-Cache part.
Next we have theCyberpunk 2077results and this title heavily favors the 7600X.
The new Zen 4 CPU enjoyed a 17% performance advantage at 1080p and 16% at 1440p.
Then as usual the 4K data is GPU limited, so performance is much the same.
Still, by the time we jump up to 4K we are heavily GPU limited with the RTX 4090.
The Riftbreaker can be heavily CPU bound and here see that’s certainly the case.
Power Consumption
The 7600X and 5800X3D are surprisingly similar when it comes to power consumption when gaming.
On average across the 53 games tested, the 5800X3D was a mere 4% slower.
With the exception of a few outliers, both CPUs will deliver the same gaming experience.
That’s true and it’s why this part became an overnight success.
If AM5 turns out to be as successful as AM4, then the right choice will be rather obvious.
