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In short — Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 is 1195 days newer than Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 6% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i5-8600K - 314 vs 297 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 24 vs 6 threads
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Single-Core
1546
75.3411306042885%
Multi-Core
5597
56.735935124176386%
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| 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 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8600K or Ryzen 9 5900
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
199 FPS
£20.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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