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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Celeron G6900 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Celeron G6900 is 1420 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G6900 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G6900
- Performs up to 4% better in Rust than Core i5-8600 - 204 vs 197 FPS
- Up to 73% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - £50.0 vs £184.41
- Up to 73% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-8600 - £0.25 vs £0.94 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Celeron G6900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
204
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.25/FPS
100%
Price, £
£50
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Celeron® G6900 Desktop Processor 4M Cache, up to 3.4 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Celeron G6900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | Intel Celeron G6900 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 710 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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