True, the 13400 was what I had in mind when looking at these specs as well.
AM5 mobos apparently start from 130$, which is a negative for tight budget builders. Ironically, Intel has the motherboard advantage over AMD now, considering that the current 600 series LGA 1700 mobos are potentially forward compatible for Raptor Lake. In fact, I believe that Asrock already prepared their current lineup for this.
Things seem to be going in a very opposite trend here, with Intel being the multi core king and AMD the single core king.
Intel supports just 2 gens of CPU & there's no doubt on current 12th gen mobos supporting 13th gen. Rumours say there might not be H710 mobo, budget buyers will have to use H610. Just a BIOS update would be required for 600 series mobo.
Yeah, tables have surely turned, other than MC performance, now Intel is also the budget option whereas AMD used to have that spot. Even till R3 3100 & 3300X AMD was good for budget users.
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Also, Intel just needs a 15% SC performance uplift to retake SC performance crown with 13th gen. Time will tell if they can deliver.
Rumours like these surely paint a bad pic for AMD:
If above numbers are true & 13700K is priced $400-450, then RIP AMD. AMD's only advantage would be longer mobo support.