AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 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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$ 129.99

$ 120.99

$ 9.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

4% slightly better overall score

4307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

6905 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

3493 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

3351 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4121 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

89.16 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5426 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1483 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5747 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1581 points

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

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

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

32 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th 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

2020 July

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 3600XT vs Core i5-8600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600XT beats the Core i5-8600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 3600XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.