AMD Ryzen 5 3350G vs Intel Core i5-8600K

Compare AMD 4 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3255 points
4307 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4996 points
6905 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2719 points
3493 points
28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2610 points
3351 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.11 points
89.16 points
74% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

503rd of 1,089
408th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Ryzen 5 3350G vs Core i5-8600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8600K beats the Ryzen 5 3350G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3350G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8600K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3350G has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3350G has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3350G and Core i5-8600K have the same clock speed. A Ryzen 5 3350G 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.

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 3350G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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