AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-8600K

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

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Intel Core i5-8600K

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 62.59 significantly less expensive

$ 120.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

4% slightly better overall score

4307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

6905 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

3493 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

3351 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points

4121 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

89.16 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

5426 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1483 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

5747 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1581 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

408th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i5-8600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8600K performs better than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.