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Prices and StockMSRP $199
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MSRP $199
Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 640 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Up to 46% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - £101.40 vs £188.63
- Up to 46% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-8600K - £0.86 vs £1.60 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 12 vs 6 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
118
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.86/FPS
100%
Price, £
£101.4
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
Buy for £101.4 on Amazon
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-8600K or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
43 FPS
£37.21/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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72 FPS
£21.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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49 FPS
£40.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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