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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 552 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 2% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-8700 - 149 vs 146 FPS
- Up to 43% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - £94.99 vs £165.86
- Up to 44% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i7-8700 - £0.64 vs £1.14 per FPS
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
149
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.64/FPS
100%
Price, £
£94.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
146
97.98657718120806%
Value, £/FPS
£1.14/FPS
56.14035087719299%
Price, £
£165.86
57%
Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Updated 60981 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Single-Core
1513
94.74013775829681%
Multi-Core
5905
85.77861708309122%
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Matisse | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
87 FPS
£22.08/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,921.31
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116 FPS
£13.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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93 FPS
£23.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,155.77
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