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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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
4 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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5 editorial reviews
Introduction and Technical SpecificationsRead more
Firstly, it is unlocked, and secondly. It's good that you can overclock it, but that's unquestionably a lot of money for a chip that most of us would perceive as being a budget offering.Read more
For $180 the Core i3-8350K is nearly a rebadged Core i5-7600K: both are 14nm quad-cores operating at ~4GHz, but the 8350K is 25% cheaper. Meanwhile, the Core...Read more
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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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4.2 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz4.0 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz
N/A
4.3 GHz
Number of cores646
Number of threads1246
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W91.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyes
TypeNot availableIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache16 MB8 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz2400.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
37.5 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesnono
Thermal specification203.0 °F212.0 °F
N/A

Often compared with AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Often compared with Intel Core i3 8350K

Often compared with Intel Core i5 8600K