The best CPUs of 2018 includes a look into gaming, Blender, video editing, and overclocking performance. As a bonus, we also talk about the most disappointing CPU.
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Whether you’re looking for the best CPU for Photoshop, Premiere & video editing, Blender, or just the best CPU for gaming, we have your 2018 benchmark round-up to show the best. Budget gaming CPUs, high-end CPUs, and workstation processors all make an appearance.
CPUs FEATURED (in order of appearance)
BEST OVERALL VALUE
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Amazon): http://geni.us/ax5v
MOST WELL-ROUNDED
Intel i9-9900K (Amazon): http://geni.us/fVre
Runner-Up: Intel i7-8700K for better price (Amazon): http://geni.us/riB4sN4
BEST SMB & HOBBYIST PRODUCTION
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (Amazon): http://geni.us/TLKfHd
BEST BUDGET GAMING
AMD R3 2200G APU (Amazon): http://geni.us/CQDa
MOST FUN TO OVERCLOCK
Intel i7-8086K (Amazon): http://geni.us/7QUctSE
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
Intel i9-9980XE (Not Yet Available)
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Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman, Keegan Gallick
Price:
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler - YD270XBGAFBOX
8 Cores/16 Threads Unlocked Frequency: 4.3 GHz Max Boost. Base Clock 3.7GHz Compatibility : Windows 10 64 Bit Edition , RHEL x86 64 Bit , Ubuntu x86 64 Bit 20MB of Combined Cache Socket AM4 Motherboard Required, Supports Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition... (as of March 29, 2020 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Price:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
The world's most advanced processor in the desktop PC gaming segment Can deliver ultra fast 100+ FPS performance in the world's most popular games 6 Cores and 12 processing threads, bundled with the Quiet AMD Wraith Stealth cooler.Max Temps:95°C 4.2 ... (as of March 29, 2020 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Price: $379.99
Intel Core i7-9700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
(3793)
Price:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX
(6060)
That 9980XE with the not dried paste looks so lewd tbh.
Respect for the Pentium Pro box.
I got a 8600k for 100% gaming only.
I havn’t regretted not going with a Ryzen instead.
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I’m glad i got my 8600K before the shortage. Paid around 250€ and i’m very happy with performance and overclocking. Got it stable at 5.0Ghz @ 1.25v and it peaks around 60-63c in Cinebench and Aida64 with an AIO cooler. Around 70c when overclocked to 5.2Ghz. With the current prices it’s hard to recommend though. If it returns to pre-shortage prices, it’s a great option for a gaming pc
Award for most disappointing awards…. GN. What’s the best GAMING cpu? Not budget. Who spending 160 on cpu and graphics, buy a ps4 instead to game. This award is dumb.
I was really impressed with AMD’s lineup this time around. Performance-per-dollar was strong with them. I also appreciate how they’re all using the AM4 layout. You can buy one motherboard and keep it for multiple generations. Sweet!
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I7 9700K???
Can’t understand why people ignore x299 with 7800x (especially the newer stepping) and prefer 6/8 core cpus for intel’s 300 series boards.
X299 boards have more powerful vrms at lower prices and skylake x offers 512 bit instructions, resulting in a sane amount of future proofing.
Going for 1151 processors under the circumstances doesn’t make sense.
omg i had the amd x2 cpu, was world first dual core cpu for retail. That old pentiumm 1 cpu ( 180 mhz rofl??) mhz cpu was crazy how do you still have the box??? You gotta wonder wtf can you even do with it today? Saying that i remember my first ever pc cost us 1200 pound an Amiga 1500, had an ultra fast cpu of 7 mhz and 256 or 128k ram!!. Think it even had a 1mb hard drive
Plz build me computer will send nudez
i have i5 8400 and i dont give a single fuck about the other cpus 😛
Question… I’m wondering why the i9-7940X results are never in the comparisons… I see 7900, 7960 and 7980 any reason why you guys are not testing the 7940?
Why no “best premium gaming CPU”?
Is that what I think it is? Is he actually- “Thank you to the viewer who sent in the CPU fidget spinner!” …Well goddamn.
Always Great videos. Keep going man!
honestly i recon the worst trend should be the lack of decent m-atx boards(especially with amd).
while having better cpu is great, I am noticing a more and more trend for online games, even single player games are going online(SimCity for example), i wonder at what point will CPU/GPU will be “data starved” by the data io
I don’t know about the 2600 being best value, the 1700 is currently about the same price.
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You need to put some extra thermal paste on the CPU.
the only Price can win Intel is the most expensive and the most hard to find
The 9900k still costs over €650 in my country. WTF
Could I use a 2200G or a 200G on a separate machine to enable streaming for an older rig that can still game, but has no headroom for streaming?
I have old mobo and wanted to upgrade my cpu I can see you have i7-4790K meanwhile my mobo supports i7-7700k. Where it would be in those charts, somewhere in middle?
Best values for 2018? Xeons X58 6 cores. My Xeon X5680 arrives tomorrow… $40… EVGA X58 FTW3 motherboard… $120…. already have everything else… $160 for a mobo and CPU combo upgrade from an AMD FX 8350. I can then take my FX CPU and board and build another PC to sell and actually get money back for my spare parts laying around.
The i3 8100 would make for an honorable mention.
i got the R5 1600 and im very happy with it
why does he sound like he doesn’t wanna do this when he talk all the time? It’s no excitement at all ;/ not to be rude or anything
BTW, Aorus is not pronounced “A-or-us”. I always thought it was closer to “Aur-us”, and it kind of is. In any event, it’s two syllables, not three.
https://youtu.be/37zgIODzy2w?t=8
LOL the Ryzen 3 2200G has a higher average FPS in Overwatch than an $1100 gaming laptop (acer aspire 5 gtx 960m 4gb can barely maintain 40fps on the lowest settings)!!!!
Nothing OCs like an 8086K
I wonder when that AMD 2800X is going to hit the streets
The i7 9700k wasn’t in there
was gonna buy a 2080ti but it looks like my cpu (i7 4790k stock because it wont overclock to shit) is going to be a bottleneck for what im looking for. after upgrading my gpu a year ago to a 980 and getting a 144hz 1440p monitor i never want to go back to 60hz (60fps) or anywhere near that. So it looks like if i want a good average and 1/.1% low fps to be anywhere near 100fps for the games i play (bf3,4,5, cod blackout, minecraft just when i need to relax lol dont judge, squad and other random cool or new games) i need to build a completely new pc… $2k plus looks like my budget for this goal..
Where’s my “best out-of-box thermals” category?
Is there going to be a 2800x or AMD going to skip since the end of the year is a month away and just go straight to the 7nm Ryzen
Would have liked to see a 6700K/7700K in the overview to get a perspective on how much better newer CPU’s are.
Why do they leave their CPU ihs so dirty?
Hey Steve I have a question for you. I have a threadripper 1950x with a gigabyte gaming 7 motherboard. I just added two more sticks of 8GB Trident z RGB 3000Mhz Ram. I now have a total of six sticks of ram in the motherboard. I noticed after the upgrade I am no longer able to change the memory mode in ryzen master. Changing it to Game Mode causes the motherboard to beep one long beep and one short. Then after that trying to change it to distributed mode is blacked out. I have tried going back to four sticks and it did not solve the issue. I am very new to computers and building so forgive me if I am not sure what’s going on. Thanks in advance if anyone can help.
best ryzen chip for streaming and gaming?
you dont use dirty items for a b roll…….come on…..
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When I can afford a custom pc. Buying from you
Regarding benchmarks: You folks at Gamers Nexus will be too young to remember, but back in the early days of CPU chips, a common benchmark was the
Sieve of Eratosthenes, which generates a series of prime numbers. It didn’t take long for the CPU makers to catch on, and start optimizing the silicon for that particular benchmark, eventually leading to it’s abandonment. I think we as consumers often place too much emphasis on relatively small differences in performance, and that’s what pushes the manufacturers to focus on benchmark results, rather than real world performance.
If the 9900k actually went to sub-$400, I would definitely buy it.
Just wondering, why are the skus and such covered up on the processors?