Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

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

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Intel Xeon E-2146G

Price

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$ 120.99

$ 879.01 significantly less expensive

$ 1000.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4299 points

4649 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6891 points

10% slightly better gaming score

6235 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3487 points

4175 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3345 points

4056 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5426 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5300 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1483 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1008 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points

6385 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1581 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1557 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 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

80 W

18% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

426th of 1,119

392nd of 1,119

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-8600K vs Xeon E-2146G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E-2146G beats the Core i5-8600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E-2146G has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E-2146G. Despite this, the Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E-2146G outputs less heat than Core i5-8600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.