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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 640 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 5% better in Dota 2 than Core i5-8400 - 212 vs 202 FPS
- Up to 39% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - £94.99 vs £156.85
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Single-Core
1353
84.72135253600501%
Multi-Core
4748
68.97152818128994%
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | 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 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 3600
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
125 FPS
£15.37/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,921.31
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169 FPS
£9.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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135 FPS
£15.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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