alt.hn

5/24/2026 at 6:06:45 PM

$100 CPU Shootout: Comparing the Ryzen 5 5500, Core i3-14100F, & Core i3-12100F

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/100-budget-cpu-shootout-ddr4

by bushwart

5/24/2026 at 6:27:49 PM

Why would you run a benchmark with a for a 100$ cpu with a 5090 GPU!?!

by rspoerri

5/24/2026 at 6:39:43 PM

So that it's as CPU-bottlenecked as possible, thus measuring CPU performance the most. They also noted they ran the test with a 4060 as more representative.

by karamanolev

5/24/2026 at 6:41:45 PM

Open the article and ctrl-f for "5090". The first mention explains why.

by nvme0n1p1