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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1127 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Core i5-8600K
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 7% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i5-8600K - 317 vs 297 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - £204.00 vs £278.89
- Up to 32% better value when playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i5-8600K - £0.64 vs £0.94 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 24 vs 6 threads
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
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 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
317
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.64/FPS
100%
Price, £
£204
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor
Buy for £204 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 91 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K | vs | Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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