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In short — Core i5-8600 outperforms Core i9-7960X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8600 is 166 days newer than Core i9-7960X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 32 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 1% better in World of Warcraft than Core i9-7960X - 184 vs 183 FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 65 vs 165 Watts
World of Warcraft
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1920 x 1080
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
184
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.62/FPS
100%
Price, $
$115
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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Core i9-7960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7960X | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 6 |
32 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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