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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-3820 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 2193 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-3820.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 16% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-3820 - 144 vs 124 FPS
- Up to 45% cheaper than Core i7-3820 - $175.0 vs $319.88
- Up to 53% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i7-3820 - $1.22 vs $2.58 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-3820 - 65 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-3820
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 8 vs 6 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
144
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.22/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
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 i7-3820
Desktop • Feb 13th, 2012
FPS
124
86.11111111111111%
Value, $/FPS
$2.58/FPS
47.28682170542635%
Price, $
$319.88
54%
Intel Core i7-3820 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 10 MB Cache LGA 2011 - BX80619I73820
Buy for $319.88 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349154 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-3820
Desktop • Feb 13th, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-3820
Desktop • Feb 13th, 2012
Single-Core
617
42.37637362637363%
Multi-Core
2299
45.73304157549234%
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | Intel Core i7-3820 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Feb 13th, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge E |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 130 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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