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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 995 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Up to 42% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £114.88 vs £197.0
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 12% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-8600 - 145 vs 129 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 24 vs 6 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1456
66.81964203763194%
Multi-Core
5027
42.304131953210465%
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8600 or Ryzen 9 5900X
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, 1920 x 1080, Epic
57 FPS
£20.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,172.4
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105 FPS
£14.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,504.8
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89 FPS
£15.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,393.2
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74 FPS
£15.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,129.2
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