Which intel chips are second to none, and by what metric?
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-cpus-for-gaming
For server marketshare, intel vastly dominates (80%?). For gaming marketshare, Intel still has 60-70% the marketshare.
Even if it's a mixed bag, if given an Intel (or AMD) processor, there's no way I would throw it in the trash and if a current-gen chip, you can find things that either are better than the other with.
Both are top-tier accomplishments. AMD has a signifigant fan-following though, which tends to distort the story a little.
> For server marketshare, intel vastly dominates (80%?). For gaming marketshare, Intel still has 60-70% the marketshare.
Marketshare is one thing, but saying they are the best but the marketshare is 60-70% is a totally different metric.
Its saying oh Toyota has the best cars because they ship the most... but they cant be as good as a Lambo / Ferrari because they dont ship the most.
In terms of server cpus, if you are looking at raw performance per socket, intel is no where near amd -- https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-xeon-platinum-8592/10 . This is based on Emerald Rapids / Bergamo.
In terms of gaming cpus, they definetly are neck and neck with performance.
But yes you are right, Intels chips arent something you would throw away in the trash. They are good chips. They need to stick around. Its just that you cant say marketshare makes them the best.
That’s exactly where the Unix processors were the year before Intel put them out of business.
(Except the old Unix machines also won by large margins on multithreading and Intel isn’t winning there anymore).