When you plan to buy or build your own PC, for the first time, and you have chosen all those essential parts that require you to build your dream PC, then suddenly a thing happens, everything comes to an end, you started to thinking twice, trice and even more. And that one thing is processor.
Also see: Difference between Core i3, i5 and i7 processors explained.
Yes, many of us got confused to choose the right processor for our PC and due to this, sellers started to trade on. And after this step your dream PC becomes a hell. You may get a processor that is too slow for your work or you get a processor that is more than enough but very costly and out of your budget. That's why in this topic a basic difference between the two dominating and most respected brands of processors(Intel and AMD) has been made which will guide you through the basics of buying processors upon your requirements and needs.
The differences has been made on the basis of performance, power consumption and price. Please note that here I am not going to tell you that which specific model of these processors are better. Here I am only going to tell you that what is the basic difference between these two processors on the basis of the criteria given above.
So Let's Explore...................................................
Price:
When people wants to buy a laptop or a desktop then they got a little bit confuse in a common question that what should they choose for a processer? Is it Intel? or Is it AMD? As we are talking about price then most of us are fimilar that Intel processors are a little bit pricey than AMD processors.
To know this criteria clearly and easily let's put these two processors on a 1 to 10 price scale. So if we consider Intel then the price range of Intel processors will go on 4 to 10 on this scale whereas the price range of AMD processors will go on 2 to 8 on this scale.
So in this, if you compare both of them neck to neck then you will find that AMD processors are little bit cheaper than Intel. So at this point if you are buying a budget laptop or desktop, then you must consider an AMD processor as compared to Intel, if your budget is not so much. Because if you choose an Intel processor at this range then you won't get a good performance that AMD will provide you at this cheapest price weather it is desktop or laptop.
So if you are planning to buy a laptop or desktop upto 20 to 35K, then an AMD option will be a healthy choice for you.
Power consumption:
Power consumption of a processor is that criteria you must consider first if your electricity bills makes you heart attack. So talking about power consumption of these two processors, the things got reversed.
AMD processors consumes more power as compared to Intel processors. The power consumption or wattage of Intel processors are much lower as compared to AMD processors that is almost 50% of AMD processors.
So in this case if you are going to buy a laptop or desktop and you are going to works for hours on it, then you must consider an Intel processors as compared to AMD processors because Intel based processors will consume less battery and electricity and will provide you a longer battery life in laptops.
You can buy Intel based laptops between 30K and above. Also AMD processors runs hotter than Intel processors and this affect the performance as well. So if you don't like heating issues then you must consider an Intel based computer.
Performance:
In performance there is no doubt that the performance of an Intel processor is far better than AMD processors weather it is a higher end segment or lower end segment. But if you consider this point on the basis of price range then you will see that the performance of an AMD processor is better than Intel processors.
Because if you consider a lower model of Intel processors on 1 to 10 scale, then you will find that the lowest model of Intel processor is on the 4th scale. So on this scale you will get a little bit higher version of AMD processors bit a lOwer version of Intel processors. So in this case the performance of AMD will be better than Intel. But if you consider a lower model of AMD processor on 1 to 10 scale then you will find that the lowest model of the AMD processors is on 2nd scale. And if you compare this version to Intel's lower end model then you will find that the performance of Intel processors is on higher side as compared to AMD.
Conclusion: The war of processors will never end. There are many things to say about them but it is not possible here. The performance and efficiency of a processor depends on many criteria like layout and design, architecture, overclocking ability, etc. The binning of a processor gives them a category that is, entry level processors, mid-range processors and high end processors.
Also see: "processor binning explained".
If you are budget friendly an also wants a better performance then AMD will serve you better than Intel. Because the performance that you will get in that price segment, will be much better than Intel processors But if we talk about higher end segment then we see that the AMD processors lags somewhere behind of Intel processors.
On the other side, if you are a heavy user and loves to play high end games(I does not means to say that AMD processors are not good for gaming) also if you are going to do a high end works like audio video rendering and editing, developing an app or games or rendering high end graphics then nothing left here to say about AMD, Intel wins the war.
On the other hand, if we talk about compatibility like if you wants to change the processor in the future, then Intel here wins again. There are more options available in Intel for compatibility as compared to AMD. For example, you can change from i3 to i5 easily on the same motherboard of your Intel's processor whereas you may have to change the whole motherboard of your AMD processors whenever you upgrade.
So in nutshell, if you are a budget friendly and don't require any high end tasks and wants a good performance at lower price then just go for AMD don't look for Intel but if you are going to buy or build high end PC or laptop then the Intel is waiting for you.
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