At the same cost, which option offers better value?
At the same cost, which option offers better value?
I faced the same scenario before. I purchased a 3800xt for $330 and the 5600x took a week longer than expected. Eventually, I sold the 5600x for a $75 gain and retained the 3800xt. That was three weeks ago. Since then, I've bought and sold multiple 5600x's to cover the cost of the incoming 5800x in days. I plan to sell the 3800xt at its original price. Keeping the 5600x also gives you access to a stock cooler, which is beneficial. The 3800xt requires a powerful cooling system—preferably liquid—to perform well.
sorry for the double post but to answer your question, no, the IPC does not make up for having two fewer cores. cinebenchr20 multi-core on 5600x was around 4700 at best with 4.7ghz all-core OC. 3800xt max score is around 5200 stock. No real room for OC on the one I have. people over-estimate the single core advantage of the zen3 parts. Yes, it's better than zen2. But 3800xt single thread is really not that far behind. r20 single core of 530, vs 560ish for 5600x. If you plan on doing anything other than gaming, I think you'd be better off going for the 8 core cpu..just make sure you have a good cooler for it.