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Prices and StockMSRP $199
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MSRP $199
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6700K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 1436 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6700K.
Advantages of Core i7-6700K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 3% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-6700K - 226 vs 220 FPS
- Up to 36% cheaper than Core i7-6700K - £102.17 vs £158.66
- Up to 37% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i7-6700K - £0.45 vs £0.72 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i7-6700K - 65 vs 91 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700K - 12 vs 8 threads
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Intel Core I7-6700K Processor (4 GHz, 8 M Cache, LGA1151)
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
226
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.45/FPS
100%
Price, £
£102.17
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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
Badass
Core i7-6700K
Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6700K | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 91 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i7-6700K or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
50 FPS
£32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,599.98
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98 FPS
£15.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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60 FPS
£33.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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