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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 1686 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Up to 59% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £125.32 vs £306.59
- Up to 58% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Ryzen 9 7900X - £0.66 vs £1.57 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 3% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Core i5-8600 - 195 vs 190 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 24 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
190
97%
Value, £/FPS
£0.66/FPS
100%
Price, £
£125.32
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
195
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.57/FPS
42%
Price, £
£306.59
40%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Retail, Noir, (AM5/12 Core/4.7GHz/76MB/170W/Radeon) - 100-000000589
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 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 9 7900X
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
115 FPS
£10.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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102 FPS
£14.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,454.4
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114 FPS
£11.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,330.8
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181 FPS
£20.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£3,749.95
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181 FPS
£22.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£4,119.95
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