Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core 5 210H

Core i5-8600K vs Core 5 210H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8600K beats the Core 5 210H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8600K has 6 cores. 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 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 5 210H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8600K. The Core 5 210H 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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.