Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core i5-11400H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
5137 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6905 points
7413 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3493 points
4443 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
4295 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4121 points
5385 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

89.16 points
107.17 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5426 points
6310 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1483 points
1799 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points
6415 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1581 points
1824 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.69 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
35 W
171% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
7.5 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
12 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

408th of 1,089
333rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8600K vs Core i5-11400H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H performs better than the Core i5-8600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-11400H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11400H outputs less heat than Core i5-8600K thanks to a significantly 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 i5-11400H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Core i5-11400H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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