Intel Core i3-8350K vs Intel Core i5-8600K

Core i3-8350K vs Core i5-8600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8600K beats the Core i3-8350K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8350K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8600K has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8350K. Indeed, the Core i5-8600K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8350K. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8350K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8350K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8600K. A Core i3-8350K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-8600K has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8350K. The Core i5-8600K also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i3-8350K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.