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AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Cpu
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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Intel Core i5 8600 Cpu
Intel Core i5 8600
Editiorial reviews
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Ari Altman | The Tech Buyer's Guru | April 3, 2021 | AMD has set a solid standard with its APUs, but can the 3000-series pull ahead?Read more
AMD's Ryzen 3 3200G is a good-value budget CPU with surprising graphics pep, but its Ryzen 5 kin offers better performance for just a bit more money.Read more
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Ryzen 5 1600 brings six cores and twelve threads to the lowest price point in the desktop market, an example of the inherent value of its unlocked multipliers.Read more
At just $219 with six cores and 12 threads, AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 could be a cash-strapped content creator's dream chip. Just don't expect to do serious overclocking without investing in a better cooler.Read more
AMD's Ryzen 5 1600, a six-core processor with twelve logical cores, turns out to be a cost-effective alternative to the only marginally faster Ryzen 5 1600X. The Ryzen 5 1600 even offers good overclocking potential, going beyond the clock limits of AMD Precision Boost and XFR.Read more
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Intel's recently-released Core i5-8600 comes with an identical boost frequency as the i5-8600K, for a lesser price that happens to match that of the Ryzen 5 2600X. While base frequency might look low with 3.1 GHz, in reality, out of the box, the processor runs above 4 GHz all the time.Read more
It always seemed the overclockable Core i5 8600K would be the Intel Coffee Lake CPU that would steal my gaming heart. I was wrong.Read more
Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right no…Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Max turbo speed4.0 GHz3.6 GHz4.3 GHz
Number of cores466
Number of threads4126
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W35.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesnoyes
TypeAMD Radeon Vega 8Not availableIntel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency1250.0 MHz
N/A
350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache4 MB16 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz2667.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyesyes
Thermal specification203.0 °F203.0 °F212.0 °F

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