We sponsored ourselves! Use code THANKSSTEVE for 10% off on https://store.gamersnexus.net/ to commemorate the community's most upvoted company meme this year while getting a discount on GN Black & Blue Mouse Mats, Red & Black Mats, Coasters, Modmats, Toolkits, and more! This supports another year of testing for us in 2023! Grab a GN Black & Blue wireframe mouse mat with custom blue underside: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-mouse-mat Or a GN Red & Black mat: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-red-black-hud-mouse-mat You should also check out our brand new 3D 'Debug' coaster pack, featuring 4 PC-themed, 3D, high-quality and flexible coasters: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-debug-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm-4x4 Prices are ACTIVELY CHANGING due to Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales. We included some thoughts at the end based on them, but ultimately, we've given you the tools to make an informed decision if a particular price isn't accounted for in this video! In this video, we're looking at the Best CPUs of 2022, including the top CPUs for gaming, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, compression & decompression, and the best CPUs for programming and code compile. These Intel vs. AMD benchmarks also test the AMD Ryzen 7000 series against the existing Ryzen 5000 series, like the 5800X3D, and the older Intel 12100F and 10100. All the new CPUs that just came out were recently benchmarked for our reviews, so we can now review them for people building new gaming PCs (or workstations) for the end of the year. Common match-ups include the AMD R9 7950X vs. Intel i9-13900K, AMD R5 7600X vs. Intel i5-13600K, and more. We'll also talk about the temporary price drops for Black Friday & Cyber Monday and how that impacts rankings (but those came out right before we rendered the video!). Watch our round-up of the Best PC Cases of 2022! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL5uttjPWZE Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED ITEMS [Affiliate Links] GN PC Building Modmat & Work Surface (not affiliate, but we own it!): https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat-volt-large BEST OVERALL CPU 2022 Intel i5-13600K CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/uWzH GN i5-13600K CPU review & benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todoXi1Y-PI BEST CPU UPGRADE VALUE 2022 AMD R7 5700X on Amazon: https://geni.us/WNmS AMD R7 5800X3D on Amazon (honorable mention - only reason it didn't 'win' is because availability has been spotty lately): https://geni.us/NUosi GN R7 5700X CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5V1lgctYw GN R7 5800X3D CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFNoKUHjcg MOST EFFICIENT CPU 2022 AMD R7 7950X on Amazon (use Eco mode): https://geni.us/FjqOD GN R7 7950X CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRaJXZMOMPU ECO Mode Benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6aKQ-eBFk0 BEST GAMING CPU OF 2022 Intel i9-13900K on Amazon: https://geni.us/MArn4qf GN i9-13900K CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWw6q6fRnnI BEST BUDGET CPU OF 2022 Intel i3-12100F CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/neDFz4 GN i3-12100F CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBDFCoGhZ4g BEST HIGH-END DESKTOP CPU OF 2022 No Contest - Threadripper Pro exists, but we'd prefer to wait until the new non-Pro Threadripper CPUs. For now, 13900K & 7950X stand-in BEST SUB-$100 CPU Intel i3-10100F on Amazon: https://geni.us/Eo5r Intel i3-10105F on Amazon: https://geni.us/ZVGzy3 GN i3-10100 CPU Revisit 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5X1-YSJEVo BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT GN AMD R5 4500 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsdeJszdV7I TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Best CPUs of 2022 01:57 - Setting Expectations 04:10 - Best Overall CPU 06:17 - Best Upgrade Value 08:59 - Most Efficient CPU 11:23 - Best Gaming CPU 13:05 - Best Budget CPU 15:07 - Best High-End Desktop CPU 16:45 - Best Sub-$100 CPU 18:48 - Biggest Disappointment 20:09 - New Temporary Price Drops & Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Steve Burke: Host, Writing Mike Gaglione: Video Editing Andrew Coleman: Video Editing