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Intel Core i5 8500 vs Intel Core i5 8600

Intel Core i5 8500 Cpu
Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600 Cpu
Intel Core i5 8600
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Intel's $200 Core i5-8500 is part of the second wave of Coffee Lake CPUs, released earlier this year. The processor comes with six cores and six threads and will boost up to 4.1 GHz. Our testing shows that even at higher thread counts, it won't ever go below 3.9 GHz, which will make life difficult for the Ryzen 5 2600 - its main competitor.Read more
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Intel's recently-released Core i5-8600 comes with an identical boost frequency as the i5-8600K, for a lesser price that happens to match that of the Ryzen 5 2600X. While base frequency might look low with 3.1 GHz, in reality, out of the box, the processor runs above 4 GHz all the time.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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Full Comparison

General

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit

Processor

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Clock speed3.0 GHz3.1 GHz
Max turbo speed4.1 GHz4.3 GHz
Number of cores66
Number of threads66
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W35.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
On-board graphics adapteryesyes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.0

Memory

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Cache9 MB9 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDual

Thermals

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Cooler includedyesyes
Thermal specification212.0 °F212.0 °F

Features

Intel Core i5 8500Intel Core i5 8500
Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes1616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyes
Scalability1S1S

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