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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-9900K outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 3600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-9900K is 261 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 5 3600.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900K - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Core i9-9900K
- Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Ryzen 5 3600 - 174 vs 173 FPS
- Up to 80% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3600 - £20.07 vs £102.54
- Up to 80% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Ryzen 5 3600 - £0.12 vs £0.59 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 16 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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Core i9-9900K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
174
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.12/FPS
100%
Price, £
£20.07
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-9900K 8x3.6 (Boost 5.0) GHz R0 16MB-L3 Cache UHD 630 Socket 1151
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-9900K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3600 | vs | Core i9-9900K |
|---|---|---|
Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i9-9900K
With selected game settings
16 FPS
£100/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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71 FPS
£21.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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28 FPS
£70.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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