Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-8600K vs Core 5 120U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 120U is faster than the Core i5-8600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8600K. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Core 5 120U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.