QOTW: Which is the most impressive CPU of 2018?

[Hoonigan]

Does a GPU count as a CPU? If so, I think NVIDIA's efforts with their RTX cores could prove to be something pretty special that AMD won't match for many many years to come, though we are still waiting to see what these cores can actually do so feel free to ignore me.

[EN1R0PY]

Wake me when Intel hits 10nm and spectre/meltdown fixed, or AMD hits 7nm with watts less than Intel with acceptable perf.

Until then, I'll wait. Nothing excites me now as they are both NOT giving what I want yet; 10nm vulnerability fixed, or 7nm amd. I hope AMD prices right on 7nm. Meaning if you are winning perf in EVERYTHING (games should be doable at 7nm vs Intel 14nm for a year), you better price it LIKE OR ABOVE Intel. I'll sell my stock if you don't. Yeah, I'm talking being OK with paying some extra cash to make sure AMD lives, not because I like them, but because if the chip is good I need no discount for crapware. Don't make the mistake (again, and again) of pricing like a turd when you have a rose.

Buy a 2700x and drop £300 on your favourite charity, there you go solved your first world problem of not being charged more for your goods! And no CPU is best at everything, that's why they make different ones.