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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 7600X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 7600X is 1686 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Performs up to 21% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Core i5-8600 - 173 vs 143 FPS
- Up to 14% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Core i5-8600 - £1.13 vs £1.32 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Up to 3% cheaper than Ryzen 5 7600X - £189.16 vs £194.96
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
173
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.13/FPS
100%
Price, £
£194.96
97%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 38MB cache, up to 5.3 GHz max boost)
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Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
4.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
5.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
47.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 7600X or Core i5-8600
Need For Speed Unbound, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
118 FPS
£19.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 7600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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