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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $149
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9600K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9600K is 261 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 2% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Ryzen 5 3400G - 220 vs 215 FPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - $132.0 vs $170.0
- Up to 21% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i5-9600K - $0.61 vs $0.77 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 8 vs 6 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
220
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.77/FPS
79.2207792207792%
Price, $
$170
77%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5-9600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
215
97.72727272727273%
Value, $/FPS
$0.61/FPS
100%
Price, $
$132
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4-core, 8-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon RX Graphics
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Updated 353973 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Single-Core
1128
65.88785046728972%
Multi-Core
3619
55.952380952380956%
Intel Core i5-9600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3400G |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-9600K or Ryzen 5 3400G
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
59 FPS
$14.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 3400G
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$829
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47 FPS
$22.53/FPS
Radeon RX Vega 11
Ryzen 5 3400G
16 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$1,059
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