AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-8086K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 99.99
$ 245.01 significantly less expensive
$ 345.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
5045 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
6765 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
4495 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
4358 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points
5045 points
45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
130.84 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
6971 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1630 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
7075 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1713 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5 GHz
28% 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

2
Identical
2

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
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
344th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i7-8086K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8086K performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8086K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8086K. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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