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Prices and StockMSRP $329
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MSRP $329
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 640 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Core i5-8600K
- Up to 47% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3700X - £188.63 vs £354.25
- Up to 44% better value when playing Diablo IV than Ryzen 7 3700X - £0.92 vs £1.65 per FPS
Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X
- Performs up to 5% better in Diablo IV than Core i5-8600K - 215 vs 205 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 - 16 vs 6 threads
Diablo IV
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
205
95%
Value, £/FPS
£0.92/FPS
100%
Price, £
£188.63
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
Buy for £188.63 on Amazon
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-000000071
Buy for £354.25 on Amazon
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Updated 7156 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 7 3700X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K | vs | Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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