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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $429
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 1548 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600
- Up to 49% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - £175.0 vs £339.98
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 126% better in League of Legends than Core i5-9600 - 387 vs 171 FPS
- Up to 14% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-9600 - £0.88 vs £1.02 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600 - 24 vs 6 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i5-9600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
387
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.88/FPS
100%
Price, £
£339.98
51%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Desktop Processor (12-core/24-thread, 76MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
Buy for £339.98 on Amazon
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Updated 148 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9600
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 14th, 2023 |
| 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 | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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