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Prices and StockMSRP $199
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MSRP $199
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-9500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 261 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9500.
Advantages of Core i5-9500
- Up to 6% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3600 - £95.03 vs £101.40
- Up to 5% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Ryzen 5 3600 - £0.54 vs £0.57 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 2% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i5-9500 - 179 vs 176 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
176
98%
Value, £/FPS
£0.54/FPS
100%
Price, £
£95.03
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9500 | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | 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 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-9500 or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
15 FPS
£106.67/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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52 FPS
£29.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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22 FPS
£91.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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