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In short — Ryzen 9 5900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6600K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900 is 2021 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Up to 54% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900 - €174.27 vs €379.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 19% better in Starfield than Core i5-6600K - 69 vs 58 FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i5-6600K - 65 vs 91 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 24 vs 4 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core I5-6600K Prozessor (3,5 GHz, 6 M Cache, LGA1151)
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 XT Prozessor, 16 Kerne/32 Threads, Zen 3 Architektur, 72MB L3 Cache, 105W TDP, Bis zu 4,8 GHz Boostfrequenz, Sockel AM4, DDR4 & PCIe 4.0, Kein Lüfter
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1419
69.15204678362574%
Multi-Core
4012
40.66903193106944%
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Skylake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 4 | Threads | 24 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 91 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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