AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i5-8600K

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i5-8600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8600K is faster than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8600K outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800XT thanks to a slightly 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 7 3800XT has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.