Intel Core i5-8600 vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5930K

Price

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$ 164.99

$ 424.96 significantly less expensive

$ 589.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4056 points

4% slightly better overall score

3870 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6549 points

20% slightly better gaming score

5431 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3280 points

3361 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3148 points

3246 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.30 points

98.86 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4766 points

5398 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1335 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1136 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5012 points

5677 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1461 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1222 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

431st of 1,089

448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8600 vs Core i7-5930K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8600 performs better than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5930K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8600. Despite this, the Core i5-8600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-8600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.