AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i3-8350K

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i3-8350K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i3-8350K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8350K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-8350K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8350K. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8350K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Core i3-8350K outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a slightly 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 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8350K. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.