Sorry these are noob questions but I have been out of touch a bit with modern hardware.
I was under the impression that "back in the day" I'm talking some 15+ years ago when Athlon CPU's were decking Intel.
Intel used to manufacture CPU's to spec, the manufacturing process isnt always 100%, well maybe things have changed, but from what I understand if the chip didnt make the grade, they'd bin it or use it for other purposes. Where as AMD basically tested each one to see how good it was, and sold it accordingly.
Unless that was total BS? It's what a generally relaible mate told me.
Anyway, if true, is this why, if you look at the various Ryzen 7 CPU's for example, they seem the same other than slight (couple hundred mhz) differences in clock speeds?
If not, what the the reason behind AMD selling what seems like very similar spec CPU's in the same range, barring a few hundred mhz speed? Marketting? Charge a premium for a (very) slightly faster CPU?
And do the higher clock out of the box chips overclock better respectively?
I was under the impression that "back in the day" I'm talking some 15+ years ago when Athlon CPU's were decking Intel.
Intel used to manufacture CPU's to spec, the manufacturing process isnt always 100%, well maybe things have changed, but from what I understand if the chip didnt make the grade, they'd bin it or use it for other purposes. Where as AMD basically tested each one to see how good it was, and sold it accordingly.
Unless that was total BS? It's what a generally relaible mate told me.
Anyway, if true, is this why, if you look at the various Ryzen 7 CPU's for example, they seem the same other than slight (couple hundred mhz) differences in clock speeds?
If not, what the the reason behind AMD selling what seems like very similar spec CPU's in the same range, barring a few hundred mhz speed? Marketting? Charge a premium for a (very) slightly faster CPU?
And do the higher clock out of the box chips overclock better respectively?