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Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Xeon Gold 5220T. Specifications

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Released
Q4/2017
Intel Core i5-8600K
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Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Gold 5220T
Intel Xeon Gold 5220T

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-8600K or Intel Xeon Gold 5220T? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core i5-8600K has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in Q4/2017.

Intel Xeon Gold 5220T has a base frequency of 1.90 GHz. 18 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    168 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 89% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    95 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-8600K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    134 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    193 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    273 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    245 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    178 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    292 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    235 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    320 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    667 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    90 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    170 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    15 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    161 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    10 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    291 place
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    18 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 5220T CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-8600K Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Xeon Gold 5220T Intel Xeon Gold 5220T
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 8000 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    8 left arrow 2
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i5-7600K left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    Intel Core i5-9600K left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

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 left arrow 1.9 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 18
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 36
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.3 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    4.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (18 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.4 GHz
IGPU

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 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    1150 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow -
  • Shader
    192 left arrow -
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5220T and Intel Core i5-8600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 48
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8600K and Intel Xeon Gold 5220T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8600K and Intel Xeon Gold 5220T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake S left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    9.00 MB left arrow 24.75 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow Q2/2019
  • Socket
    LGA 1151-2 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

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