HEXUS Bang4Buck and Bang4Watt
The performance benchmarks on the previous pages tell part of the story, but it is always fun to add some Bang4Buck metrics into the mix. Do be aware that there are many methods of calculating such results - different benchmarks will skew the outcome, and prices can both fluctuate daily and vary wildly depending on region.
We've chosen to use the multi-threaded Cinebench R20 test as a basis for our results, and pricing was taken from the cheapest available at PCPartpicker UK on November 10, 2020.
Dividing the all-core score by the UK price gives us the following bang4buck. AMD improves performance from one generation to the next, of course, yet the increase in cost for Ryzen 5000 Series is clear to see. 5600X isn't as attractive a value proposition as, say, 3600X, while 5800X offers the same kind of Cinebench bang4buck as Core i9-10850K.
This graph divides the same Cinebench result with the system-wide power consumption we observe during evaluation.
AMD does better here because it has improved performance without increasing power. It's no surprise to see Ryzens occupy the top 10 slots.
This metric takes 23.65 as the ceiling for Bang4Buck, 52.13 for Bang4Watt, and combines them into a weighted score where a maximum of 2 is possible.
Better than Intel but not as good as the rampaging Ryzen 9s.