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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9600K outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9600K is 556 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 12 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 7% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen 5 1600X - 136 vs 127 FPS
- Up to 5% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600X - £168.88 vs £178.58
- Up to 12% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen 5 1600X - £1.24 vs £1.41 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600X doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Desktop CPU - AM4/Hex Core/3.6GHz – 4GHZ turbo/ 16MB/95W
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Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
136
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.24/FPS
100%
Price, £
£168.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | vs | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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