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To compete with Intel's fire-breathing 6GHz Core i9-13900KS desktop processors, AMD isn't shipping higher clocked Ryzens, but instead is throwing a boat load of cache at the problem. On Wednesday AMD revealed pricing and availability for its second-generation X3D CPUs, announced back at CES last month. Like the company's first …

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  1. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge

    One other caveat for the 12C and 16C parts is the topology of the X3D cache, since these contain two CPU chiplets (either 6C or 8C each), only one of which carries the X3D cache. So one chiplet has much faster access to the additional cache while the other has more power headroom. Operating system handling of this will be interesting.

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  2. TeeCee Gold badge
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    Hang on a moment...the world appears to have gone mad.

    ...Intel's parts are less expensive...

    W....T.....F....?

    <Head explodes>

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  3. Bitsminer Silver badge

    pricing vs system cost

    If I were in the market, and I'm not, then I would compare

    - cost of AMD CPU and a mobo versus

    - cost of Intel CPU and a mobo

    On the assumptions, probably false, that RAM, disk, video are approximately the same cost across both vendors. But video especially is hard to synch up if you go for a low-priced mobo.

    I think the substantive numbers would be much closer (e.g. system overall cost around $1500 to $1800 with all the extra bits added, and less than $100 or $200 difference between the systems.)

    At that point it becomes, as always, a political decision.

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    1. MrDamage Silver badge
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      Re: pricing vs system cost

      >> If I were in the market, and I'm not, then I would compare

      >> - cost of AMD CPU and a mobo versus

      >> - cost of Intel CPU and a mobo

      And the availability of CPU/motherboard replacement in 3 years time when something fails.

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    2. Sudosu
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      Re: pricing vs system cost

      Most intel motherboards only seem to work for one generation of chips, while AMD has support for a while.

      Meaning that you can likely just upgrade your AMD CPU in a few years instead of everything.

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      1. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge
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        Re: pricing vs system cost

        For the last few generations AMD has held onto its sockets for a complete generation of RAM, so AM5 will probably last until DDR6 comes along (if it doesn't receive an "AM5+" refresh in the meantime), however the chipsets haven't always supported far future generations of CPUs, for instance if a major new feature is added. AMD still generally offers better forwards compatibility than Intel, though.

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