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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 7600X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 7600X is 1439 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Up to 12% cheaper than Ryzen 5 7600X - £168.88 vs £192.15
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Performs up to 40% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-9600K - 571 vs 407 FPS
- Up to 17% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-9600K - £0.34 vs £0.41 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 12 vs 6 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
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Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
571
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.34/FPS
100%
Price, £
£192.15
87%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 38MB cache, up to 5.3 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-9600K or Ryzen 5 7600X
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
418 FPS
£5.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 7600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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