AMD Ryzing (2020)

This web scraping project collects and analyzes benchmark data from PassMark Software’s PerformanceTest website, where millions of user-submitted results are available. The goal is to extract and organize comprehensive CPU performance information to compare the relative speeds of processors from manufacturers Intel and AMD.

The dataset includes CPUs across various categories — from server and workstation processors (e.g., Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC) to desktop and laptop models (Intel Core, AMD Ryzen). We scrape around 3000 benchmark entries.

The price distribution box plot reveals a distinct market positioning: AMD CPUs continue to cater largely to the budget segment, with their processors commanding a noticeably lower price premium than comparable Intel models.

While both companies show an upward trend in performance, AMD's gains are more pronounced in the later years of the plot, particularly after 2017, suggesting a period of significant growth and improvement. The data points for AMD are also more spread out, especially in the later years, indicating a wider range of performance across its product lines, while Intel's scores remain in a more concentrated band. This aligns with a period where AMD released its new Zen microarchitecture, which significantly improved its core count, performance and allowed it to gain desktop market share.

The plot for Intel shows a general upward trend in CPU Mark scores over the decade. The data points are relatively concentrated, indicating a steady, gradual increase in performance.

The plot for AMD also shows a general upward trend. The data points show a less consistent, more scattered performance initially, with a significant jump in the range of CPU Mark scores beginning around 2017-2018. By the end of the plotted period (2020), AMD's highest CPU Mark scores surpass Intel's highest scores shown on the plot.

Both companies show a trend of increasing CPU Mark scores over time. However, AMD's performance growth accelerates notably in the later part of the decade, resulting in a wider range of scores and higher peak scores compared to Intel's more consistent, gradual progression.

The Intel plot shows a gradual increase in single-threaded performance from 2010 to 2020. The scores are generally clustered, indicating a consistent, incremental improvement over time.

The AMD plot shows a less consistent pattern initially. It displays a more dramatic upward trend and a wider spread of scores, especially from around 2017 onwards. By 2020, AMD's highest data points appear to reach a similar level to Intel's, suggesting a period of significant gains in single-threaded performance.

Single-threaded performance for Intel CPUs showed a consistent, but gradual, increase over the entire period.

AMD's single-threaded performance was more varied, with a significant acceleration in the performance trend starting around 2017. By 2020, the highest-performing AMD CPUs on the plot reached a similar level to the highest-performing Intel CPUs. 

The plot for Intel shows a steady, linear increase in "Power Performance" from 2010 to 2020. The data points are closely grouped around the trendline, suggesting a consistent and gradual improvement over the decade.

The plot for AMD also shows an increase in "Power Performance" over the same period. However, the data points are more scattered and show a much steeper upward trend beginning around 2016-2018. By 2020, AMD's Zen processors reach significantly higher "Power Performance" scores than Intel's.

While both companies' processors show an increase in "Power Performance" over time, AMD's performance growth accelerates much more sharply in the later years of the decade. The plot indicates that by 2020, the highest-performing AMD processors have substantially higher "Power Performance" than the highest-performing Intel processors in the desktop category.

The plot shows a gradual and consistent increase in "Power Performance" for Intel CPUs from 2010 to 2020. The data points are tightly clustered, indicating a steady, incremental improvement in performance over time.

AMD's plot also shows an upward trend in "Power Performance," but with a more dramatic acceleration starting around 2017. The data points are more dispersed, especially in the later years, indicating a wider range of performance across its processors. By the end of the period, the highest-performing AMD Zen processors shown on the plot have a significantly higher "Power Performance" score than the highest-performing Intel processors.