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Matches intel. And in some cases beat's it.
By TechAvenue
AMD not only matches intel in performance but in many cases beats it. Take for example Crysis 3 @1080P.
The FX 8350 is ONLY 4 frames slower that intel Core i7 3930K which cost's $569.99 (as of now
on Newegg) while the FX 8350 only cost $199.99. While when compared to intel's Core i7 3970X which
costs $1,039 AMD ONLY loses to that by 7 frames.
In Metro 2033 AMD's FX 8350 beat's intel's high end processors such as the Core i7 37700K which costs $319.99 vs AMD FX 8350 which cost's $199.99.
Source: Anandtech
Source: GameGPU.ru
Even when we include benchmarks with Intel's state of the art Haswell CPU, the Core i7 4770K, AMD's 8350 still manages to beat intel.
In Black Ops 2 AMD goest to to toe with Core i7 3770K losing only by two frames despite being over $120 cheaper.
Source: Techspot
This is the same story when it comes to Battlefield 3. AMD's FX 8350 easily beat's intel's more expensive Core i7 3770K despite costing less.
Source: Tom's Hardware
Last thing I would like to mention, is with respect to AMD's advantage over intel is AMD's new API called Mantle. Well, what is Mantle? It's AMD's brand new low level API that will be used in EA's upcoming Battlefield 4. The benefit of Mantle is that it significantly cut's down on the overhead of processing things when compared to Direct X and OpenGL. We have not seen a new level API since the days of 3DFX with their Glide API. With Mantle, one should expect a descent boost in performance for games. And since it's compatible with any GCN core, it may be easier to use Mantle for next gen consoles with respecting porting over next gen games to the PC, since Mantle user's AMD's GCN core and Mantle is compatible with any GCN core as mentioned in the slide below. According, to AMD, it leverages, "optimization work from next-gen game consoles to PC. So, while you are at it, it may be a good idea to get a GCN core GPU too (but that's another story).
Also, Mantle will use all 8 core's of AMD CPU's!
Conclusion: The fact that AMD's 8 Core processors can keep up with intel's far more expensive CPU's and in many cases beat it, AMD's Mantle for upcoming games will use all 8 core's of AMD CPU's for the upcoming AAA title Battlefield 4, why would you NOT want to get an AMD CPU at least gaming wise? On top of it cost's less! One would have expected intel to beat AMD by 5 - 10 frames given that thier processors cost's $200, $300, or even $800 more and not beat AMD by 1-2 fps let alone lose to AMD like it does in many of the benchmarks. And here is the real kicker, since next gen consoles will be all using AMD CPU's and GPU's and they will all be optimized for AMD's 8 core processors that are inside the Xbox One and PS4, it becomes apparent that to choose and AMD 8 core processor is the route to go, especially considering now the use of Mantle in next gen games. Intel doesn't have any 8 core desktop processors, it doesn't have anything even close to Mantle, so the fact that next gen consoles will be using 8 core processors it's a given that one shouldn't waste their hard earned dollars in buying an intel processors and having to wait until intel releases 8 core processors and spending even more money. You could just save some money and get an 8 Core AMD processor now and be future proof!