Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Core i5-8600K vs Core Ultra 5 245K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 245K beats the Core i5-8600K in overall performance. 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 Ultra 5 245K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8600K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 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 Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 245K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Core Ultra 5 245K also has significantly 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.