TECH NEWS – Intel’s 12th and 13th generation processors are much more competitive than AMD’s Ryzen CPUs, according to one analyst.

The Susquehanna investment firm has upgraded its rating of Intel Corporation from negative to neutral, and among the main reasons given is that the company is much more competitive than AMD in the PC portfolio. They have had some good years, as their Ryzen processors have offered a better performance/price ratio in recent years and have been able to compete with Core CPUs. Intel has learned from this lesson, positioning itself much better with the two latest CPU generations (Core 12xxx, Core 13xxx).

As a consequence, AMD’s market share has decreased (that’s what it means when only two big names are competing; it was also the case for GPUs, but Intel has recently joined Nvidia and AMD). A 30% share of the x86 market (the processor type used by all desktop PCs) doesn’t sound bad, but the company is concentrating on server CPUs (and there, the Epyc processors seem to be more successful than Intel’s Xeon processors!)

AMD has recently delayed the release of its Ryzen 7040 Phoenix laptop processors by a month, pushing X3D chips in the premium category instead. Still, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has also been delayed by a month. Dragon Range processors are also looking towards the high-end, with only the Ryzen 9 7945HX laptops in that space, despite AMD saying a week ago that the other categories also have the availability. No SKU on AMD’s AM5 platform is under $250, while Intel offers several. AM4 sales are not moving much: the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is still selling well, even though newer ones have come out since then, and AMD is therefore doing its best to lure users over to the AM5 platform.

Intel’s Sapphire Rapids-SP processors will be thoroughly squeezed by AMD’s Epyc Genoa, Bergamo, and Genoa-X CPUs (all three will be released this year). The Emerald Rapids-SP will only be released for 1S/2S platforms by the end of the year (giving AMD a better chance of dominating the server space). And offtopic but fitting: Intel’s used Xeon processors offer tremendous value for money, so it’s no wonder that used workstation PCs are excellent cost-effective machines…

Source: WCCFTech