Why Cloudflare Chose AMD EPYC for Gen X Servers
Yes, there are lots of stories of individuals and companies choosing AMD over Intel.  For me, what&#x27;s more interesting would be any <i>contrarian</i> view listing the compelling reasons to pay the higher price for Intel instead of AMD.  Off the top my head, some reasons would be:<p>- Intel AVX-512 instruction set<p>- Intel 4 and 8 sockets<p>What realistic workloads have a better performance&#x2F;cost advantage on Intel vs AMD EPYC?<p>If you&#x27;re a home user (gamer, programmer), is there any reason to buy Intel today?  I&#x27;m about to buy another motherboard &amp; CPU and considering AMD for the first time.  In the past, I avoided it because AMD had an incompatibility (e.g. VMware) that kept me on Intel.<p>(E.g. previous example of AMD showstopping bug affecting VMware:  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;communities.vmware.com&#x2F;thread&#x2F;456094" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;communities.vmware.com&#x2F;thread&#x2F;456094</a>)