Amd k10 processors
The difference is huge, and if we compare eight-core and sixteen-wire processors it would be even greater. Do you think we exaggerate? Not at all, stop a second despite what a six-core and twelve-wire CPU cost in 2017 and what it costs today.Īre you lost? Quiet, we tell you with a clear example: the Core i7 6800K was around 400-450 euros, and today we can find a Ryby less than 100 euros. Since that year both Intel and AMD have been launching processors with an increasing number of cores and threads, shaping a "war" that has allowed prices to be reduced to levels that a few years ago would have seemed impossible. Zen opened the doors on the arrival of processors with up to eight cores and sixteen threads at really affordable prices, marked a new trend in the sector and forced Intel to "evolve." The stagnation of the four cores and eight threads, which had been maintained since 2009, ended in 2017. Before the arrival of the first-generation Ryzen, based on Zen architecture, quad-core and eight-wire processors they formed the high end within the general consumer market, and processors with six or more cores had prohibitive prices for most users.ĪMD completely changed that situation. The arrival of AMD's Zen architecture marked the beginning of the end of an absolute domain by Intel, and with the launch of Zen + and Zen 2 we reached a situation of total competition between both companies.Īs we have said on previous occasions the competition is always good, and in this case it was noted in a very clear way.
The x86 processor sector has experienced a huge evolution in the last three years.