AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 109.25
$ 11.74 slightly less expensive
$ 120.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
2% slightly better overall score
4307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
6905 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
3493 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
3351 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
4121 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
89.16 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
5426 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
1483 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
5747 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
1581 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
4.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
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
77% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th 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

2018 April
2017 November

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 2600X vs Core i5-8600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8600K is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 2600X and Core i5-8600K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 2600X 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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