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Prices and StockMSRP $449
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MSRP $449
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 995 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Core i5-8600
- Up to 41% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5800X - $103.20 vs $175.95
- Up to 38% better value when playing DOOM Eternal than Ryzen 7 5800X - $0.21 vs $0.34 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 7% better in DOOM Eternal than Core i5-8600 - 522 vs 490 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 16 vs 6 threads
DOOM Eternal
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
490
94%
Value, $/FPS
$0.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$103.2
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600 | vs | Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-8600 or Ryzen 7 5800X
With selected game settings
254 FPS
$3.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$999
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254 FPS
$7.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,839
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325 FPS
$6.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,248.09
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302 FPS
$11.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,348
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304 FPS
$4.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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195 FPS
$8.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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363 FPS
$5.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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328 FPS
$11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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302 FPS
$5.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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302 FPS
$5.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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