AMD vs Intel for mid-range dedicated

Quoted from Guest on Wednesday, 31 December 2025

I’d really appreciate your help and thank you in advance. have a nice day

I think, that the difference is religious.

Intel for the nerds,
AMD for the geeks.

Nobody had been fired yet
for buying IBM products.

There is no need to look at Intel at this time.

Intel doesn't have a comparable item in terms of performance at the same price bracket.

Quoted from Guest on Wednesday, 31 December 2025

There is no need to look at Intel at this time.

Intel doesn't have a comparable item in terms of performance at the same price bracket.

So, would it be better if i used AMD? Well, I also have a few Xeon Gen10 servers i guess i can use those as well

Quoted from Guest on Wednesday, 31 December 2025

So, would it be better if i used AMD? Well, I also have a few Xeon Gen10 servers i guess i can use those as well

It seems you have some options. If you deploy the Xeons you already have, you will save some cost. But they are old CPUs. Performance isn't great either. However, some providers still use them.

I would personally dump or sell them and get new ones, as I don't have a use case for older CPUs. So it now depends on your specific use case.

My sincere thanks for your advice and suggestions

Quoted from Guest on Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Intel doesn't have a comparable item in terms of performance at the same price bracket.

The ratio of performance to price is not the single feature, which is selected by the people, which search for the hosting. I, for example, do not care very much about the performance, and prefer the hosting with the weaker Intel processors, instead of the hosting with the more powerful AMD processors, at the same price. I would prefer the IBM mainframe, with their native operating system, but I can not pay so much.

A few years ago this would have been a real debate, but for pure price-to-performance in the server space, AMD has been the clear winner for a while now, even factoring the price.

If you're looking for pure single-threaded performance, the AMD Ryzen will win. However, to get the full picture, you need to factor in cost and power usage as well. Depending on your situation, you might be better off in the secondary market and an older generation EPYC or Xeon Gold. You may be able to acquire a EPYC 7400 series or a Dual Gold Xeon 6200 series system for the same price point as building a latest generation AMD Ryzen or AMD EPYC 4005 series system.

TBH, if you're looking for mid-range, that tells me you are not doing anything crazy, performance hog. If you're going to get a dedicated box, I would be more interested in backup. Is it a mini PC in a rack somewhere or a proper decent server instead of choosing between Intel and AMD. Yes, AMD in most circumstances has the crown, but Intel is still hovering in and out currently.

I would look at, Storage type, ECC RAM, Connectivity, and Backup long before worrying over AMD or Intel.

AMD is amazing. Most old CPUs are now just for backups, but they will still depend on what you are planning to do with them.