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

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$ 120.99
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$ 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

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5426 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5300 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1483 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1008 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points
6385 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) 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

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
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

16
Identical
16

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

421st of 1,111
389th of 1,111

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
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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