Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i3-8300T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  7 8
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 Intel Core i 8000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-6600 Intel Core i3-7300T
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-8600 Intel Core i3-9300T

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.10 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.90 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  24 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2017

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8300T and Intel Core i5-7600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7600 and Intel Core i3-8300T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7600 and Intel Core i5-7600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Coffee Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 LGA 1151-2
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q2/2018