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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9600K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9600K is 261 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 9% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Ryzen 5 3400G - 148 vs 136 FPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - £81.34 vs £168.88
- Up to 47% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Core i5-9600K - £0.6 vs £1.14 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 8 vs 6 threads
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
148
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.14/FPS
52%
Price, £
£168.88
48%
FPS Winner
Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
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Updated 16569 minutes ago
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
136
91%
Value, £/FPS
£0.6/FPS
100%
Price, £
£81.34
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (4C/8T, 6 MB cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
Buy for £81.34 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 16569 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3400G |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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