Is AMD cheating on RyZen benchmarks?

Mezurashi: My old rig (it's around 3-4 years old now) is running on an AMD A10 with 16 GB RAM and a Nvidia 780 Ti. I can play some triple A games on high settings with decent FPS but I can finally feel it's age when newer titles just keep upping the minimum requirements these days. I've also used this system to do a lot of video encoding and rendering and it's been pretty decent so far.   I'm looking into getting a Ryzen system soon, but I'll probably wait a few months until there's enough real world data about its use.    With a 500-600 USD budget, I'll prolly stick to AMD but if Intel has any offerings around that price range, I'll bite. Any suggestions?