- Messages
- 5,610
- Reaction score
- 189
- Points
- 308
For those considering to upgrade their rig coming from intel's older generation CPU's. May napansin lang akong pattern sa mga releases nila ng CPU since their Sandybridge architecture. They're making incremental performance gain ranging from 5% to +10% (but not reaching 15%) IPC (instructions per cycle) per generation comparing their top tier CPU. Of course the numbers below would be based on each processor's equivalent on the succeeding generation. Please note that these are just based on my speculations (rough estimate) and from what I've read from various sites regarding each generation of release and may not be accurate.
What does these numbers mean? Absolutely nothing
What I want to point out is, if you have an Ivybridge i5 or better, you can still play today's games and not worry much about your CPU being old. Upgrade your GPU and SSD for better gaming performance instead. Of course you'll miss out on faster RAM, faster SATA, higher PCIE, USB 3.1, but do your really need those to play games?
Sandybridge is just too old. You can decide to upgrade if you have the budget. But if you look at the numbers above, comparing an i7 2700k vs the latest 6700k with only 33.1% improvement on IPC, maybe it can still deliver Of course wala pa dyan yung improvements ng RAM and other components. But from what I've seen on youtube, between 5-10 fps lang ang difference on most games with the same GPU 
I just made this post after reading AMD's RYZEN announcement finally making leaps on their CPU design. More than 40% improvement per IPC from their previous generation is incredible compared against intel's sh!tty incremental updates. Ganun talaga pag walang competition, development stagnates
Let's hope next year, mahihirapan na tayo pumili kung intel vs AMD sa pagpili ng CPU natin.
Please feel free to comment and point out my mistakes
| Architecture | Percentage | Comments |
| Sandybridge | 100 | with respect to Sandybridge |
| Ivybridge | 110 | 10% |
| Haswell | 121 | 10% |
| Devil's canyon | 127.05 | 5% -> devil's canyon is just an improvement of Haswell faster but lower temp & tdp |
| Broadwell (process) | 127.05 | 5% or less against Haswell. Most improvements are on power and temps. laptops |
| Skylake | 133.1 | 10% against Haswell |
| Kabylake | 139.755 | 5% or less against Skylake |
What does these numbers mean? Absolutely nothing
What I want to point out is, if you have an Ivybridge i5 or better, you can still play today's games and not worry much about your CPU being old. Upgrade your GPU and SSD for better gaming performance instead. Of course you'll miss out on faster RAM, faster SATA, higher PCIE, USB 3.1, but do your really need those to play games?
Sandybridge is just too old. You can decide to upgrade if you have the budget. But if you look at the numbers above, comparing an i7 2700k vs the latest 6700k with only 33.1% improvement on IPC, maybe it can still deliver
Of course wala pa dyan yung improvements ng RAM and other components. But from what I've seen on youtube, between 5-10 fps lang ang difference on most games with the same GPU I just made this post after reading AMD's RYZEN announcement finally making leaps on their CPU design. More than 40% improvement per IPC from their previous generation is incredible compared against intel's sh!tty incremental updates. Ganun talaga pag walang competition, development stagnates
Let's hope next year, mahihirapan na tayo pumili kung intel vs AMD sa pagpili ng CPU natin.
Please feel free to comment and point out my mistakes
at mahal 
