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Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-8600K

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-8600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 177 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

  • Up to 84% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - €49.0 vs €299.9
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 8 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K

  • Performs up to 4% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Ryzen 5 1500X - 118 vs 114 FPS
This is a free version of Baldur's Gate 3.
Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Logo
Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


FPS

114

96.61016949152543%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€49

100%

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

118

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€299.9

16%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8600K Prozessor 3,6GHz (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,30 GHz)

Buy for 299.9 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 269 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Logo
Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Logo
Ryzen 5 1500X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


Single-Core

1104

71.41009055627426%

Multi-Core

3644

65.10630695015188%

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1546

100%

Multi-Core

5597

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

vs

Intel Core i5-8600K

Apr 11th, 2017Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 5CollectionCore i5
Summit RidgeCodenameCoffee Lake
AMD Socket AM4SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
8
Threads6
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
65 W
TDP95 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
35.0xMultiplier
36.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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