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AMD A10 9700 Cpu
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cpu
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Intel Core i5 8600K Cpu
Intel Core i5 8600K
Editiorial reviews
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4.5 out of 5
3 user ratings
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5 editorial reviews
Intel's Core i5-8600K is priced $120 below the i7-8700K, making it an interesting option for the more value-oriented buyer. It features the same six-core design, but lacks HyperThreading and loses 3 MB of cache. Our testing shows that it still is a great CPU, especially when overclocked to almost 5 GHz.Read more
It always seemed the overclockable Core i5 8600K would be the Intel Coffee Lake CPU that would steal my gaming heart. I was wrong.Read more
Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right no…Read more
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User rating
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4.2 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz4.3 GHz
Number of cores466
Number of threads4126
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesnoyes
TypeAMD Radeon R7Not availableIntel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency1029.0 MHz
N/A
350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.0
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache2 MB16 MB9 MB
Cache typeL2L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz2933.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyesno
Thermal specification194.0 °F203.0 °F
N/A

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