Cheap processors in the test: seven processors from AMD and Intel for less than 200 euros in comparison

Cheap processors in the test: seven processors from AMD and Intel under 200 euros compared

Cheap processors in the test: seven processors from AMD and Intel under 200 euros compared

What do processors for under 200 euros do? Techastuce compares the Intel Core i3-12100F, i5-14400F, i5-12600kF, and i5-14600kF, as well as the AMD Ryzen 5 8400, 7500F, and 9600X. From 50 to almost 200 euros and from four to fourteen cores, the contingent is sufficient. The core duel, AM5 versus LGA 1700, is still on the outside, while LGA 1851 is still on the outside. Table of Contents 1 Seven processors from AMD and Intel under 200 euros in comparison and/or older CPUs in the test Test candidates at a technical glance Data compared to various options 2 Game performance benchmarks for FPS and frametimes Anno 1800 Avatar Avatar Baldur’s Gate 3 Cities: Skylines II Cyberpunk 2077 Dragon’s Dogma 2 F1 24 Frostpunk 2 Ghoshwordory 3 Horizon Forbidden West Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Outcast – A New Department Sensua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Star Wars Outlaws Starfield Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines 2 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (not taken into account) 3 Benchmarks in applications Multi-core performance Perverse Power 4 Power consumption and temperature in the performance window Performance consumption Under the gaming consumption consultation Gaming performance. Application performance. 6. Price, price-to-application, and price-to-value. 7. Conclusion and recommendation. AM5. The base is a Card Trump.

Cheap and/or old CPU in the test.

Cheap processors are generally not prioritized in tests; the best products must be showcased. Manufacturers generally don’t shy away from smaller solutions because they want to sell their solutions at a high margin. But after every CPU test, the question arises: how would an older solution perform in comparison, and what isn’t cheaper? To answer this question, TechAstuce often pulls out its own portfolio. Some of these are used again in the current CPU test.

Test candidates at a glance

The test candidates are briefly presented in terms of price.

Core i3-12100F: four cores for 50 euros

A processor formed the entry price in the test, which is only three generations old, but stretches across the arc to Skylake with its four cores. Intel Core i3-12100F

The Intel Core i3-12100F has been a quad-core solution for three years, now costing just 50 euros as a shelf model in retail. It relies on four cores and eight threads, exactly what Sandy Bridge offered in the form of the Intel Core i7-2600K and later Skylake and Kaby Lake in their best form as the 6700K and 7700K. With clock speeds of 4.3 GHz, the Intel Core i3-12100F also competes in similar areas. Its advantage, of course, is the significantly newer CPU architecture, which offers more power per clock. Nevertheless, the processor is the slowest in the test; any untested Kaby Lake and higher would have been even slower. Ryzen 5 8400F and 7500F: AM5 beginners

Earlier this year, the editorial team took a look at the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (test), which is based on a mobile APU with a cutout around the IGPU. As a desktop version, it now costs less than 100 euros, while an AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (a “real” desktop Scryzen) costs 40% more. Both solutions can therefore also be found in this test field, as AMD is currently not offering any cheaper options in the AM5 socket.

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

The Intel Core i5-14400F currently offers 16 threads for 120 euros. That’s a relatively large number, the combination of six performance cores with hyperthreading and four efficiency cores. The latter help mainly in applications, but not everywhere.

Intel Core i5-14400F and Intel Core i5-14500

Intel Core i5-14400F and Intel Core i5-14500

Intel’s KF CPUs from previous generations are positioned in terms of price and performance in the test field. The Intel Core i5-12600KF costs 150 euros as a shelf product, while the newer, and in practice higher-end, Intel Core i5-14600KF is available as a shelf variant for 184 euros. The latter, in particular, makes life difficult for many new Intel Arrow Lakes, which can cost significantly more. Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K as Intel models

Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K as Intel models

Intel recently noted that these core processors from the 12th to 14th generation continue to perform well in its quarterly report: Intel 7, as its underlying and renamed 10nm production, is inexpensive, but is now also available for a short time. Buying AI PC solutions from Intel, on the other hand, is too scarce; there are very few products that meet the specifications of a Copilot + PC at Lake-S of the Arrow in the desktop market anyway, as there are no more powerful NPUs. In the desktop market, the issue has so far completely passed; no party has a corresponding solution here.

The most modern processor in the test is the Ryzen 5 9600X, which recently fell below the €200 mark. A few weeks ago, as a recommended solution for €200, it now has to demonstrate how it compares to smaller and sometimes considerably cheaper solutions.

Key technical data in comparison

The test field, which is also considered in this article, includes seven processors, ranging from small quad-core processors to solutions with 20 threads or the latest architecture. Ultimately, the requirement was to cover a good mix from €50 to €200, knowing that many processors will be missing.

The cheapest solutions have always been the recently released F-CPUS. These are the same chips as the variants without this abbreviation, only missing the active graphics unit. However, it is not included in the following tests.

Model Production Grains/Threads Base Clock Max. Turbo TDP Graphics Memory RSU Price

(Plateau, Aktull) Intel Core i3-12100f Intel 7 (10 nm++) 4/8 3.3 GHz 4.3 GHz 58 W DDR5-4800 – $97 AB 50 EURO Intel Core i5-14400f Intel 7 (10 nm++) 10 (6p + 4e) / 16 2.5 GHz 4.7 GHz 65W DDR5-4800 – 19616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616 161616161616161616161616161616161616161616116116161616161616161 Euro Intel Core i5-12600kf Intel 7 (10nm++) 10 (6p+4e)/16 3.7GHz 4.9GHz 125W DDR5-4800 – $290 AB 147 EURO Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel 7 (10nm++) 14 (6p+8e)/20 3.5 GHz 5.3 ghz 125 W DDR5-5600 – 2942 181 Euro AMD Ryzen 5 8400F TSMC N4 6/12 4.2 GHz 4.7 GHz 65 W DDR5-5200 – KA AB 92 EURO AMD RYZEN 5 7500F TSMC N5 + N6 6/12 3.7 GHz 5.0 GHz 65 W DDR5-5200 –KA AB 139 EURO AMD RYZEN 5 600 TSMC N4 + N6 6/12 3.9 GHz 5.4 GHz 65 W DDR5-5600 ✓ $279 AB 200 EURO

Seven processors from AMD and Intel from 50 to 200 euros

Seven processors from AMD and Intel from 50 to 200 euros
Various other possible options

Core i5-14400f

An example of a processor ranked in the past is the 98 Euro Intel Core i5-12400F (test) – the Core i5-14400F (test) is ultimately a little better here for an additional cost of 20 euros.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 (x) and 7700

At AMD, the Ryzen 5 7600 and 7600X models are worth mentioning, but also the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 as a tray version, which is negotiated from 187 euros.

For 180 euros, the Intel Core i7-14600KF is a better and more powerful choice as a board version, as it already has a few percent of the faster AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. The slightly slower 7700 is, in turn, on par with an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and is certainly not bad. Here, as with many other solutions, the question remains: what is primarily done with the platform and how sustainable it should be. On a new AM5-based board with a firm intention to upgrade to the larger Ryzen 9000 or even the “Ryzen 10000”, such a system with this processor can be a good option.

This future viability is precisely the advantage of AMD processors. Intel’s sockets have all reached the end of their life cycle; here, only the same family with a more powerful model will remain in the future, if it is still available. With AMD, on the other hand, new architectures and ultimately much more powerful solutions are stirring up the AM5 socket, which will remain the norm for many years to come. Starting with a small Ryzen 5 can be expected in the long run.

Ultimately, it is and remains a manufacturer’s game. Sudden price adjustments without official price cuts can quickly result in other models being recommended commercially, so much so that an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K was recently recommended in the upper-middle class.

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