Different games, mostly unplayed by real users, are cherry picked for each “review”. Mind-numbing “scientific” and rendering benchmarks are presented as gospel. Not enabling XMP or only testing with BIOS power limits enabled is akin to leaving the handbrake on during a race. Intel’s marketing samples are routinely distributed to reviewers that appear better incentivized to bury Intel's products rather than review them. Little effort is made to counter widespread disinformation such as: “it uses too much electricity” or the classic: “it needs more cores”. Given the scale of Intel's operation, it’s inexplicable that their marketing remains so neglected. Despite Intel’s performance lead, AMD continues to outsell Intel. Rocket Lake brings higher IPC (early samples indicate +19%) which translates to around a 10% faster Effective Speed than both Intel's 10th Gen and AMD’s 5000 series. With a simple overclock it offers almost the same levels of performance as the 11900K. The i5-11600K is the best value "top tier" CPU in Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S lineup. Without an appropriate social media marketing strategy, Nvidia will probably lose considerable market share, for all the wrong reasons. Their marketing infrastructure outsold Intel in the CPU market despite a 15% performance deficit. Nonetheless, AMD’s marketers are capable of delivering elaborate BS albeit whilst struggling to keep a straight face.
In terms of real world performance, Nvidia’s 3000 series has more or less put AMD’s Radeon group in checkmate. The combination of RTX+DLSS delivers stunning graphics that are several tiers higher than both AMD's best discrete GPUs and the upcoming consoles. It makes GTA5 look like Tetris in comparison. At ultra settings, with ray tracing enabled, Cyberpunk 2077 redefines the boundaries of immersive gaming.
Meanwhile, Christmas has come early for PC gamers who can look forward to an unparalleled gaming experience in class leading titles such as Cyberpunk 2077. Given the widespread issues AMD users are facing with 5000 series GPUs (blue/black screens etc.), AMD’s 6000 series GPU’s will have to see substantial price cuts and a huge marketing effort in order to gain any traction. The 3060 Ti beats the previous generation’s 2060 Super by 35% in terms of effective speed at the same MSRP. Nvidia’s entire 3000 series lineup offers once in a decade price/performance improvements. The 3060 Ti features 4,864 CUDA cores, 152 Tensor cores, it has a boost clock of 1.665 GHz, 8 GB of memory and a power draw of just 200 W. Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture, which supersedes Turing, offers both improved power efficiency and performance. Assuming it (ever…) comes into stock at $400 USD, it will take the crown as the best value for money graphics card. The RTX 3060 Ti is Nvidia’s latest 3000 series GPU. In the meantime, most PC gamers need look no further than the 11400F. At that time, with a net 30-40% performance lead, Intel will probably regain significant market share despite AMD's class-leading marketing. Nonetheless, towards the end of 2021, Intel’s Golden Cove is due to offer an additional 20-30% performance increase. At every release, AMD’s marketers coordinate narratives to ensure another feast of blue blubber. Credible benchmark data, which necessarily includes replicable video footage from popular games, is the exception rather than the rule.
When it's convenient, canned game benchmarks are chosen such as Ulletical’s CSGO which runs at nearly double the in-game fps.
It completely prices AMD's 5000 series out of the market. The Rocket Lake i5-11400F paired with a B560 motherboard and 3200 RAM ($365 USD) offers unprecedented value for money to gamers.