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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 640 days newer than Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 1% better in Dead Space than Core i5-8600K - 154 vs 153 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 24 vs 6 threads
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
153
99%
Value, £/FPS
£1.65/FPS
100%
Price, £
£252.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8600K or Ryzen 9 3900X
Dead Space, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
97 FPS
£37.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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97 FPS
£37.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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£3,635
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97 FPS
£36.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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