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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 i7-8700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 552 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 1% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Core i7-8700 - 208 vs 206 FPS
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - £101.40 vs £136.49
- Up to 26% better value when playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Core i7-8700 - £0.49 vs £0.66 per FPS
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
208
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.49/FPS
100%
Price, £
£101.4
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
Extreme
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-8700 | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i7-8700 or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
29 FPS
£55.17/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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83 FPS
£18.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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40 FPS
£50.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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