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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	198 EFps	280 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +41%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	96 EFps	110 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +15%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	135 EFps	138 EFps	+2%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	113 EFps	135 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +19%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	115 EFps	133 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +16%

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Best Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 331^st / 1442

Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 66%

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Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1442

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.3 %			90.7 %	Faster effective speed. +24%


28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...			Rage2 2%		16 %	FarC5 35%, BFV 20%, SotTR 2%, Witcher3 5%, Civ6 27%, ACO 3%, MetroEx 16%, Sekiro 39%, Wolf2 19%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.6 Pts	90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	108 Pts	129 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +19%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	257 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +22%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	377 Pts	502 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +33%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	621 Pts	656 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +6%


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.8 Pts	96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	151 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +28%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	232 Pts	302 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +30%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	446 Pts	594 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +33%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	676 Pts	798 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +18%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.44 %	Slightly higher market share. +10%	0.4 %
Value Value For Money	91.3 %		103 %	Better value. +13%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %		78 %	+3%
Price Price (score)	$125	Cheaper. +27%	$173


Age Newest	72 Months	Slightly more recent. +8%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +10%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	889 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +7%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	800 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +17%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

The Ryzen 5 2600, from AMD’s second generation (Zen+) of high-end desktop Ryzen processors, supersedes the first generation Ryzen 5 1600. The newer generation sees a lithography reduction from 14nm to 12nm, but no increase in the number of cores and threads (6 and 12 respectively) over the ground-breaking first generation which continues to surpass similarly priced Intel CPUs in terms of multi-core performance. In other words, progress between generations is predominantly driven by power efficiency and therefore higher attainable clock speeds. The 2600 appears to have a stock base/boost clock of 3.4 / 3.9 GHz compared to the 1600’s 3.2 / 3.6 GHz which is expected to result in a modest increase in effective speed that said, early benchmarks are inconclusive. Included in the expected retail price of about $200 is a Wraith Stealth cooler, so the 2600, like the 1600 before it, represents great value for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. Even though the 2600 is plausible for multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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