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£100.84
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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900K is 1563 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Up to 77% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £100.84 vs £432.97
- Up to 72% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i9-14900K - £0.42 vs £1.51 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 19% better in Sea of Thieves than Ryzen 5 3600 - 287 vs 242 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 32 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
242
84%
Value, £/FPS
£0.42/FPS
100%
Price, £
£100.84
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
287
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.51/FPS
28%
Price, £
£432.97
23%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
Buy for £432.97 on Amazon
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Updated 544 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3600 | vs | Core i9-14900K |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
92 FPS
£17.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,599.98
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287 FPS
£14.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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147 FPS
£10.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
In Stock
282 FPS
£19.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
In Stock
287 FPS
£21.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£6,300
In Stock
104 FPS
£19.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,046.59
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