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Core i5-8600T vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Core i5-8600T vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Core i5-8600T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 948 days newer than Core i5-8600T.

Advantages of Core i5-8600T

  • Consumes up to 67% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 35 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 4% better in Metro Exodus than Core i5-8600T - 149 vs 143 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600T - 32 vs 6 threads
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Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Core i5-8600T Logo
Core i5-8600T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018


FPS

143

96%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

149

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.32/FPS

100%

Price, $

$345

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for $345 on Amazon

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Updated 5 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Core i5-8600T Logo
Core i5-8600T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8600T Logo
Core i5-8600T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018


Single-Core

1259

58%

Multi-Core

4662

38%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Core i5-8600T Logo

Core i5-8600T

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Apr 2nd, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Coffee LakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
6Threads
32
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
35 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
23.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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