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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 508 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 2% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-8600 - 104 vs 102 FPS
- Up to 63% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - $70.31 vs $190.0
- Up to 63% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-8600 - $0.68 vs $1.86 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 12 vs 6 threads
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
104
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.68/FPS
100%
Price, $
$70.31
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8600 or Ryzen 5 3600
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
27 FPS
$25.93/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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40 FPS
$20.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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51 FPS
$21.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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39 FPS
$33.33/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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10 FPS
$57.9/FPS
GeForce GT 730
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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51 FPS
$27.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,399.99
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51 FPS
$35.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,799
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51 FPS
$20.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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40 FPS
$20.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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62 FPS
$22.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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