Intel Core i5-8600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  8 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-7600K AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-9600K -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  6 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.1 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Core Configuration
  - 6x
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.3 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 2
• Generation
  9.5 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz 2200 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2022
• Shader
  192 128
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and Intel Core i5-8600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR5
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 83.2 GB/s
• PCIe
  - PCIe 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8600K and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 142 W
• Default TDP
  - 105 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8600K and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  9 MB 32 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-100000593WOF
• Release date
  Q4/2017 2022-09-27
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 AM5
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 5nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Codename
  - Raphael AM5
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release price
  - 299 $