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In short — Core i5-8600 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8600 is 644 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 4% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Athlon 3000G - 205 vs 198 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 67% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - £60.0 vs £184.41
- Up to 67% better value when playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Core i5-8600 - £0.3 vs £0.9 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600 - 35 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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TOP 5 Games
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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