If you are a big fan of AMD"s Ryzen processors and are only considering getting them for your new PC, you may want to rethink and consider Intel"s CPUs too. That"s because the 12th (Alder Lake) and 13th Gen (Raptor Lake) processors are currently selling at all-time low prices on both Amazon and Newegg (buying links towards the end of the article).
While these aren"t Intel"s latest generation of CPUs, the company hasn"t made much progress in terms of performance or efficiency with the latest generation (14th Gen) as it is a refresh of 13th. We found in our review that the newest-gen CPUs, despite being fast, are very power-hungry. Hence it is probably wiser to consider getting the cheaper older gen parts.
In terms of stacking up against the competition, the flagship 12th and 13th Gen chips (not considering the overclocked KS variants here) do fairly well against even AMD"s X3D processors, the latter being considered the best gaming CPUs on the market.
Get Intel"s 12th and 13th Gen processors at the links below:
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Intel Core i7-13700K Gaming Desktop Processor with integrated graphics 16 cores (8 P-cores + 8 E-cores) Up to 5.4 GHz unlocked LGA1700: $345 (Amazon US) | $345 (Newegg US)
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Intel Core i9-12900K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700: $315 (Amazon US) | $315 (Newegg US)
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Intel Core i5-13600K Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) with Integrated Graphics - Unlocked Up to 5.1 GHz LGA1700: $270 (Amazon US) | $270 (Newegg US)
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Intel Core i7-12700K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700: $211 (Amazon US) | $211 (Newegg US)
If these don"t interest you, you can also browse through Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Newegg US, to see if you find some great deals that we missed. You can also go visit the Deals section of our articles to see if there"s something you fancy.
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