Did AMD overplay its hand with XT? The cheaper Comet Lake S i5-10400 bests the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT in leaked gaming benchmarks

[Redaktion]

Leaked benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT indicate that AMD might have overplayed its hand with its Zen 2 refresh: The US$249 3600XT is bested in gaming benchmarks by Intel's cheaper Comet Lake S i5-10400.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Did-AMD-overplay-its-hand-with-XT-The-cheaper-Comet-Lake-S-i5-10400-bests-the-AMD-Ryzen-5-3600XT-in-leaked-gaming-benchmarks.478441.0.html

[CharTee]

You fail to mention that an i5 10400 will be out-performed by a Ryzen 5 3600, if paired with any other than a Z490 motherboard. Memory speeds are limited to 2666.... Nobody would be foolish enough to buy a Z490 motherboard (at least £140) and pair it with a locked down CPU like the i5-10400. So, by logic, if a 3600 beats a 10400, then a 3600XT will also beat it... That said, the 3600 will still be the far better buy.

[LOL]

More competition is always good: Intel vs AMD, nVidia vs AMD.

Better performance, lower price.

No need to be tribal about it, just buy what you need and what you can afford.

[Jay1]

Google the test.  It was faked.  The idiots who faked it fessed up.