As our friends at Digital Foundry have explained in the past, a lot of benchmarks either don't test your CPU properly, or simply aren't very accurate in the first place. I have to admit, testing any CPU's gaming performance is still a bit of a difficult undertaking. Thankfully, it does that in spades - at least when it comes to gaming performance. Motherboard: Asus Prime Z370-P (Intel), Asus Prime X370-Pro (AMD)Ĭooler: BeQuiet BK009 Pure Rock (Intel), AMD Wraith Prism (AMD)

It does, at least, have the good fortune to come with a bundled cooler, so you don't have to factor in any additional costs here if you don't fancy shelling out on something more substantial, but needless to say, it's going to have to work pretty darn hard to earn its keep. And if all that weren't enough, it's more expensive, too, costing £60 / $60 more than the £125 / $150 2600 and around £15 / $20 more than the £185 / $230 2600X. AMD's Ryzen processors, on the other hand, have 12 apiece. Plus, despite having six cores like its AMD rivals, it still only has six threads due to its lack of Hyper Threading support. That's just ahead of the 2600's top speed of 3.9GHz, but it's still a relative chunk behind the 2600X's max boost clock of 4.2GHz. Not only does it have a lower base clock speed of 2.8GHz compared to the 2600's 3.4GHz and the 2600X's 3.6GHz, but its maximum Turbo Boost only stretches to 4.0GHz. On paper, the i5-8400 looks like a pretty bad deal compared to AMD's 2nd Gen Ryzen 5s. How about that for a twist in our best gaming CPU rankings, eh? But how do they stand up against Intel's entry-level Core i5 CPU, the i5-8400? Priced much more closely to AMD's rival pair of CPUs, this £185 / $212 processor might just be a potential Ryzen 5 killer.

While not as fast as the Core i5-8600K when it comes to overall gaming performance, their lower price, bundled cooler and generally superior multi-tasking performance in everyday desktop tasks make them a compelling alternative for mid-range PC builders. Wa_cq_url: '/content/Specifically, I said they were Intel Core i5-8600K killers - and to some extent that's still true. Wa_audience: 'emtaudience:consumer/pcconsumer', Wa_english_title: 'Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0', Wa_emt_org: 'emtorganizationalstructure:ccgclientcomputinggroup', Wa_rintelproduct: 'rintelproduct:processors/desktopprocessors/intelhighenddesktopprocessors', Wa_emtcontenttype: 'emtcontenttype:salesandmarketingmaterials/brief/technologybrief',

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