Intel Core i5-8600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 120.99
$ 56.01 significantly less expensive
$ 177.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
8583 points
99% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6905 points
11637 points
68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3493 points
7604 points
117% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
7365 points
119% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4121 points
6996 points
69% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

89.16 points
208.44 points
133% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5426 points
12562 points
131% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1483 points
2799 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points
12876 points
124% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1581 points
2889 points
82% significantly 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
4.70 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5.3 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
6 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
32 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

408th of 1,089
121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8600K vs Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600X 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 Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its slightly 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 Ryzen 5 7600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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.

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