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Intel Core i5 8600 vs Intel Core i7 8700K

Intel Core i5 8600 Cpu
Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 8700K
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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 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPC

Processor

Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Max turbo speed4.3 GHz4.7 GHz
Number of cores66
Number of threads612
Thermal Design Power (TDP)35.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
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 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
Cache9 MB12 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 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
Cooler includedyesno

Features

Intel Core i5 8600Intel Core i5 8600
Intel Core i7 8700KIntel Core i7 8700K
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

Pros & Cons

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