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In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 776 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Performs up to 1% better in Control than Athlon 3000G - 202 vs 200 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 72% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - €69.0 vs €242.73
- Up to 72% better value when playing Control than Core i5-8600K - €0.34 vs €1.2 per FPS
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 35 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600K doesn't have integrated graphics
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i5-8600K Prozessor 3,6GHz (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,30 GHz)
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AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Quad-Thread Tray-Processor CPU YD3000C6M2OFH AM4 Sockel
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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