Originally posted by Millz
It's not exactly noticeable. The only games that I see that show more than a 5FPS difference are those that are poorly optimized, or old games in general. (Crysis Warhead and Metro2033) other than that, the differences are only worth a $15 increase if you ask me.
Let's not forget that these aren't really scientific benchmarks. These are just him walking through the game. One different move in one scenario could cause a different result when compared to another scenario when he did not make that move. They are really just rough estimates. And plus the 3570k overclocks like hell and is still better for gaming when it comes to price/performance.
For gaming I totally agree that the 3570k is better price/performance, but the 3770k(which also overclocks quite nicely) is still better at the end of the day, even if not £80 better.
Also it's worth mentioning that AMD FX CPUs are heavy on multithreading and that's what the PS4 is getting, so PC ports may well start to utilise that better in the future.*
*Assuming that an AMD APU includes the equivalent of an AMD FX CPU.