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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 208 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 2% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Ryzen 5 2500X - 312 vs 306 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2500X - $105.0 vs $106.47
- Up to 3% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than Ryzen 5 2500X - $0.34 vs $0.35 per FPS
Forza Horizon 4
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
306
98.07692307692307%
Value, $/FPS
$0.35/FPS
97.14285714285715%
Price, $
$106.47
98%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
312
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.34/FPS
100%
Price, $
$105
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1103
75.7554945054945%
Multi-Core
3801
75.61169683707976%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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