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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 7600X outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 7600X is 1686 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Performs up to 54% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-8600 - 571 vs 371 FPS
- Up to 8% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - £192.15 vs £208.88
- Up to 39% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-8600 - £0.34 vs £0.56 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
571
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.34/FPS
100%
Price, £
£192.15
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 38MB cache, up to 5.3 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8600 or Ryzen 5 7600X
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
418 FPS
£5.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 7600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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