AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-8600K

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i5-8600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600G is faster than the Core i5-8600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.