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Intel Core i5 8600

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4.8 / 5
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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
Intel released a new six-core proc the Core i5 8600 (non K model) through our benchmark paces. This $249 USD proc is again a six-core processor that you will need to seat on a Z370 or H370  chips... IntroductionRead 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
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Pros

  • the new Core i5 is better than ever

Cons

  • Higher BCLK values are not available in the BIOS
  • gaming performance is still a bit of tricky undertaking
  • 2 slot

Key specs

  • LGA 1151
  • 3.1 GHz
  • 6
  • 6
  • 35 W
  • 14 nm
  • 9 MB
  • Smart Cache

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Intel Core i5 8600 - Pros & Cons

Intel Core i5 8600

Pros

  • the new Core i5 is better than ever

Cons

  • Higher BCLK values are not available in the BIOS
  • gaming performance is still a bit of tricky undertaking
  • 2 slot
  • lack of CPU overclocking support
  • and lack of multi-GPU support
  • memory is much lower - generally just three per cent or thereabouts
  • cutting hyper-threading and reducing clocks
  • lack of eight-gen compatibility
  • older chips will not run on this platform
  • nominal clocks are quite far apart
  • bottleneck any high-end graphics card

Intel Core i5 8600 - Technical Overview

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IconProcessor lithography
14 nm
Best:
HP AMD EPYC 7702
Processor lithography: 7 nm
IconNumber of cores
6
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IconClock speed
3.1 GHz
Best:
AMD FX 9590
Clock speed: 4.7 GHz
IconMax turbo speed
4.3 GHz
Best:
Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609
Max turbo speed: 24 GHz

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Intel Core i5 8600 - Full Specifications

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General
Processor socketLGA 1151
Component forPC
Operating modes64-bit
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Integrated graphics
On-board graphics adapteryes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.0
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Thermals
Cooler includedyes
Thermal specification212.0 °F
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Processor
Clock speed3.1 GHz
Max turbo speed4.3 GHz
Number of cores6
Number of threads6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)35.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3
Idle statesyes
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Memory
Cache9 MB
Cache typeSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2666.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDual
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Features
Thermal monitoring technologiesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityes
Scalability1S

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