Intel Core i5-8600K

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 8000
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
8
Name
Intel Core i5-8600K
Predecessor
Intel Core i5-7600K
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i5-9600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
6
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12
Execution units
24
Generation
9.5
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Turbo
1150 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
64 GB
Release date
Q4/2017
Shader
192
Technology
14 nm

Hardware codec support

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

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
128 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-2666
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
95 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Coffee Lake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
9.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q4/2017
Socket
LGA 1151-2
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

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

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-8600K with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

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

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1318

Intel Core i5-8600K

1329

Intel Core i3-1115G4

1325

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

7339

Intel Core i5-8600K

7610

Intel Core i5-10400

7514

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

406

Intel Core i5-8600K

411

Intel Core i7-4790K

409

Intel Core i7-5930K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2181

Intel Core i5-8600K

2284

Intel Core i3-10100

2257

Intel Core i7-7700K

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

183

Intel Core i5-8600K

184

Intel Core i7-7800X

184

Intel Core i9-7960X

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

1040

Intel Core i5-8600K

1045

Intel Core i7-3930k

1045

Intel Xeon W-2225

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1251

Intel Core i5-8600K

1252

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1252

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

5631

Intel Core i5-8600K

5665

Intel Core i7-11370H

5657

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-8600K

454 GFLOPS

Apple A11 Bionic

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i3-10305

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

374.8 s

Intel Core i5-8600K

369.3 s

Intel Core i7-6700K

369.4 s

Intel Core i7-8750H

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4561

Intel Core i5-8600K

4620

Intel Core i7-8750H

4616

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

20638

Intel Core i5-8600K

20754

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1600

20724

Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

2.27

Intel Core i5-8600K

2.36

Intel Core i7-7700K

2.36

Intel Core i7-7740X

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

11.09

Intel Core i5-8600K

11.35

Intel Core i7-3960X

11.26

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

52.6

Intel Core i5-8600K

55.8

Intel Core i5-5575R

55.1

Intel Core i7-9700K

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

12809

Intel Core i5-8600K

13014

Intel Core i7-5820K

12847

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.