R7 2700x or R5 3600 or i5 9600kf

[rururuben]

I want to upgrade my cpu but dont know to witch one. The r7 2700x cost 175 euros in my region (the netherlands) and the i5 9600kf and r5 3600 are both 200 euros. My gpu is a rtx 2060.

[Mister Woof]

2700x imo offers you the most flexibility and if you are running 1440p I would choose that, personally over the 3600.

 

The 9600kf is a waste imo.

[WereCat]

For games? The R5 3600 is better than R7 2700X.

Depending on what games you play the i5 9600kf will likely give you highest FPS out of all of these but it will actually struggle in some more thread demanding games and cause stuttering. 

The R5 3600 is a better choice imo but if you just strive for max FPS in eSports games then get the i5. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

for 99% of users out there, especially gamers the R5 3600 is the better choice...the cores are noticeably stronger and faster than the old ryzen 2700...and the core i5 simply doesn't have enough threads for some modern games.

[Mister Woof]

Historically we are seeing that less resources causes more performance hits than slightly slower overall IPC.

 

I look at performance milestones. The 3600 doesn't REALLY hit any performance milestones the 2700x can't. The 3600 can do high refresh for now, but I wouldn't count on that for many more years. Back in 2017 was a different story, with as much as a 40% difference in single threaded performance between say an 8700k and a Ryzen 7 1700. In that case for sure the 30-40% increased single threaded jump was worth the loss of 2 cores.

 

When Ryzen 2000 launched, it became an even more compelling option with differences between the 8700k and 2600 closing to within 20%. With Ryzen 3000 still failing to catch Intel single threaded performance, it's a fair assessment I feel to make the same comparison between 2000 and Intel and 2000 and 3000.

 

I think that by the time 2nd gen Ryzen is too slow to run games at meaningful milestones, so will 3rd gens, and the additional 33% resources might be more helpful overall than a little IPC.

 

There's no way to know for sure, but that's my roll of the dice.

[rururuben]

Thanks for thr help