To be fair to AMD, the 5900x isn't anywhere near $550 any more. You can buy that for like $330 now. It's also not the best CPU for gaming that AMD offers from last gen. The 5800x3D beats it in gaming performance at around $310 or whatever it's going for these days.
Those are the 2 CPUs I'm currently debating on. I use my computer for mostly gaming and just typical everyday computing so the 5800x3D is probably the better buy for me, but I also like the idea of having a well rounded CPU like the 5900x that isn't THAT much worse for gaming and has 4 more cores for $20 more.
EDIT: Update with the release of the new gen 3D CPUs. Still not included is their 7900x3D and 7800x3D which have yet to be released but will be soon and they will slot somewhere between the 7950x3D and the 5800x3D, obviously.
It's kind of hard to say you dont hate AMD when the first mention of those 3 letters you come out and respond with "AMD dipshit has entered the chat." Then you put up a bunch of graphs and articles that just gloss over AMD's best CPU offerings for gaming, or simply exclude them entirely, when you are specifically talking about gaming performance. You claim you aren't an AMD hater, but you certainly come off as one. Kind of weird.