🏆 ЛУЧШИЕ ПРОЦЕССОРЫ для игр на конец 2020 года

As always, autumn is the time for announcements. And 2020 in this regard was no exception, having presented us with the second wave of the crown, new iPhones, new cards from AMD and Nvidia, next generation consoles and processors Ryzen 5000. Most likely, there will be no more major there will be no CPU announcements - a new generation of stones from Intel will be released in 2021, so let’s see how iron can please your PC or your imagination in the next couple of months. The lowest gaming level - Athlon 200GE Releasing 10 and even 16-core processors manufacturers perfectly understand that for the most part users will take solutions of the middle or low price segments, if only because such CPUs are more than enough for normal work and play. So the lowest game level can be considered 2-core 4-thread AMD Athlon 200GE.

01:01 - Yes, this processor is not new, it is a couple of years old and is based on the Zen architecture instead of the newer Zen 2, and even more so Zen 3. In addition, it does not have the highest frequency - only about 3 GHz without overclocking. But all this is covered by the low price - you can find such a pebble for only 3 thousand rubles, and for these money he simply has no competitors: so, for similar 2-core 4-thread Intel Pentium will have to pay for a thousand, or even two more. Besides, such a CPU is absolutely not picky and works perfectly on boards with the A320 chipset. There is no overclocking, you say? Athlon doesn’t support it.

01:41 - Of course, you shouldn’t expect much from such a processor, and play the same Battlefield 5 on a map with 64 players at you will only get it with constant second friezes. But most of the games until 2016 and various e-sports projects like Dota 2 and CS: GO will run on it without any problems, which makes him the top for his money. Basic Gaming - Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i3-10100F Yes, at the end of 2020, the baseline for games can be considered 4-core processors with 8-threads. Of course, most games will run on 4-core stones without hyperthreading, and even on 2-core CPUs with this you can also play the simplest or oldest projects. But, if you want to achieve stable 60 fps without freezes, lags and unloaded textures, you have to get used to to the formula 4 cores and 8 threads.

02:34 - And here two rivals enter our virtual arena: in the red corner of the ring is the Ryzen 3 3100, in the blue - the Core i3-10100F. In fact, they are as similar as possible: 4 cores with hypertreading, a frequency of about 4 GHz, no video core and a price of about 7.5-8 thousand rubles. The main differences are in the architecture - the solution from AMD is based on the newer 7nm Zen 2, in contrast from Intel’s old 14nm Skylake. You also need to remember that the stone from the “red” can be dispersed. In general, the Core i3-10100F looks more interesting for games: it shows excellent results even with simple DDR4-2666 RAM, performing on average 3-5% better than Ryzen 3 3100 with several more expensive memory at 3200-3600 MHz.

03:24 - Overclocking AMD CPUs Allows That To Reduce The Difference or even achieve parity, but in this case “red” the assembly will be more expensive, since you will have to overpay for a fee based on the B450 chipset instead of the simpler A320, and for faster memory. So if you want to get a basic level for gaming here and now, it makes sense to stay on the Core i3-10100F together with a simple board on the H310 chipset with 16 GB of RAM DDR4-2666. Sufficient level for modern games: Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-10400F If you want to comfortably play modern games, often reaching hundreds of fps, without any blunts and with fast downloads, it is worth looking at modern 6-core solutions with 12-threads. Alas, fast 6 cores should rather be attributed to the previous one segment: yes, the same Core i5-9400F was good, but the margin for his future is not enough, and often all the cores will hammer into a hundred square meters. So it’s worth looking at the Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i7-8700… oh, that is, the Core i5-10400F.

04:34 - Both processors have 6 cores with hyper-threading, again a frequency of about 4 GHz and the absence of a video core, which in gaming PCs it is not necessary to corny and there is no point in overpaying for it. Ryzen has the same goodies - a newer architecture and overclocking capability. If we take prices, then everything becomes even more interesting: for Core i5 you will have to pay about 14-15 thousand rubles - this is a couple of thousand cheaper than Ryzen 5. Moreover, the “blue” CPU even on stock DDR4-2666 memory turns out to be faster than solutions from AMD with 3200-3600 memory MHz, which of course costs more. As for overclocking, the situation is interesting.

05:17 - On the one hand, to drive memory you will have to Core i5 to take a motherboard on the Z490 chipset, for solutions on which you will have to pay from 10 thousand rubles - almost twice as expensive as conventional B460 boards, which are capable of normally pull the 6-core CPU. In this case, the gain from overclocking the RAM to the popular 3600 MHz will be in the region of 5-10%, so the game is not worth the candle. On the other hand, for overclocking both the Ryzen 5 itself and the memory for it, the AMD B450 chipset, the boards on which costs comparable to solutions based on Intel B460, that is, you don’t need to overpay for overclocking. But still, such overclocking will at best bring Ryzen 5 3600 to stock Core i5-10400F, so the leader for gaming here again is the solution from Intel. As a result, an assembly sufficient for current games can be to name the Core i5-10400F along with the board on the Intel chipset B460 and 16GB DDR4-2666 RAM.

06:20 - And you should forget about overclocking, which will not give you a big gain anyway. You may ask - where is the new 6-core 12-thread Ryzen 5 5600X? The answer is in a different price category: they ask for it as much as 10 thousand more than for Core i5, while in games it is up to 10% faster. So it makes little sense to overpay for it. Processors for unscrewing all sliders to the right: Core i7-10700KF vs Ryzen 7 5800X Playing on a 240Hz monitor? Already ordered a couple of RTX 3090s? Always use ultra settings in games? Then you definitely need hyper-threaded 8-core processors. Yes, in fact, even 12-thread solutions in modern games feel comfortable enough when loading normally no more than 70-80% even in difficult projects.

07:11 - But the higher the fps, the greater the load on the CPU, so at esports frames per second 16-stream solutions will still be slightly faster, but further scaling no longer comes from the word at all: so, 12-core 24-thread processors can be even slower due to lower frequencies under load and poor utilization of such a number of cores by modern games. So the top fat for games is 8 cores and 16 threads, i.e. Core i7-10700KF and Ryzen 7 5800X. And here the situation on the market can be called funny, since AMD and Intel have changed places: if before the “blue” were more expensive, but also better in games, but now everything is absolutely the opposite. So, Core i7-10700KF can be found for 32-33 thousand rubles, and the official the price of Ryzen 7 5800X, which is about to go on sale in the Russian Federation, on average 5 thousand more. On the other hand, Intel will have to pay for Z490 chipset, because only on it you can overclock RAM, and in the case of such a powerful stone and the desire to get the maximum frame rate, this will have to be done.

08:21 - But for Ryzen, you can take a board on the AMD B550 chipset, which will cost several thousand less, but also will give you the opportunity to indulge in overclocking. One of the good fees for your money is ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI). It boasts a reinforced 10-phase subsystem power supply with DrMOS, covered with high-quality radiators, which allows the board to work without problems even with Powerful 12- and 16-core Ryzen. Also on the TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS there is a metallized slot PCIe - given the fact that modern video cards have a powerful and heavy cooling system, this definitely not an extra element. The board has wide connectivity options - available fast Wi-Fi 6 that lets you forget about wires, but if you are used to connecting to the Internet the old fashioned way, that is, a 2.5 Gigabit network port.

09:11 - Also, the motherboard has a BIOS FlashBack button, which will allow you to update the BIOS without any processor or RAM at all. The board supports two M.2 PCI-e Gen4 drives. The board is responsible for the sound of the cool Realtek S1200A codec with support for DTS Custom surround sound. There is also of course Aura lighting that can be synchronized with other ASUS devices - for example, with a video card. I will leave a link to the board in the description. As a result, the situation is interesting: yes, on average, the assembly is Core i7 will be a couple thousand cheaper, but also FPS in games will be 3-5% lower.

09:52 - On the other hand, we are talking about a PC for a hundred thousand rubles, in which hardly anyone will save. Therefore, there is no clear leader here, both CPUs are hefty good. All inclusive: Core i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 5900X Perhaps this is a reasonable maximum for games if you want, for example, to simultaneously stream them through the CPU in good quality and almost never lose FPS. Or, while playing Black Mesa, simulate black holes in parallel using the Large Hadron Collider model. Or if you plan to play a couple of games at the same time.

10:30 - In short, 10 or more cores for games are needed only if you want to do on the computer right away several difficult tasks. If you do not need this, and in parallel with the game, you run the maximum video on YouTube with its passage - there is no point in overpaying for such stones, even in the most difficult projects, they will cool off, being loaded from strength by a third, maximum by half. In this category, there are two interesting CPU: This is a 10-core 20-thread Core i9-10900K and a 12-core 24-thread Ryzen 9 5900X. It would seem that a larger number of cores in a solution from AMD should make it noticeably faster, but, as I have already explained, 6 fast cores with multithreading are enough for modern games, everything above gives the minimum gain. As a result, if we take purely games, then the advantage is in the Ryzen 9 5900X turns out to be only 2-3%.

11:26 - But, on the other hand, the extra 2 cores will definitely not be superfluous with high-quality streaming through the processor. So the Ryzen 9 5900X is better than the Core i9-10900K? Yes, and including the price: on average, for a ten-core processor from Intel they ask from 45 to 48 thousand rubles, and the official price the already 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X will be the same. So in the all inclusive assembly, the victory is purely for the Reds. Should we expect any other CPUs? More likely no than yes. New solutions from AMD came out powerful enough, albeit expensive, and the next generation will have to wait year, and it will already be on a new socket with new memory, which, again, will not be cheap.

12:11 - But, most likely, in a few months the deficit Ryzen 5000 will disappear and prices will creep down. On the other hand, no one will dare to predict the foreign exchange rate in a couple of months, so it’s up to you to wait or not. you. Also in the first quarter of 2021 Intel should release the next generation of 14 nm processors, but but on the new Rocket Lake architecture, with PCIe support 4.0 and cool Intel Xe integrated graphics. The leaks so far look fantastic - the number of cores will drop to 8 pieces, but the frequency may rise up to 5.5 GHz, and performance per hertz can significantly increase.

12:53 - All this can make the conditional Core i9-11900K the best CPU for games, but again you will have to wait a few months and it is far from the fact that the real difference in games with the same Core i9-10900K will reach at least 10%, because modern projects already work well with multithreading CPUs are not so much tied to high single-core performance. So I don’t think it’s worth waiting. What do you think? Write your opinion in the comments. .