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Intel logo Core i5-8600K
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General information Core i5-8600K Core i7-2600
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 11.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 25 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-8600K Core i7-2600
Overall Score 50805 0 % 43215 14.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 21 % 66.1 %
Benchmark Score 6662 0 % 3488 47.6 %
Single Thread Score 2590.4 0 % 1729.6 33.2 %
Encrypting Data 3077.1 MB/s 0 % 1584.6 MB/s 48.5 %
Compressing Data 138 MB/s 0 % 88.7 MB/s 35.7 %
String objects sorting 17527.4 thousand/s 0 % 13168.2 thousand/s 24.9 %
Prime numbers generation 42.4 millions/s 0 % 23.8 millions/s 43.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27797.8 millions/s 0 % 20699.1 millions/s 25.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24105.8 millions/s 0 % 7708 millions/s 68 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600K, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600K Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 168.2 FPS 132.2 FPS
Medium settings 210.3 FPS 165.3 FPS
Low settings 262.9 FPS 206.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-8600K Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.8 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 202.3 FPS
Medium settings 279.7 FPS 252.8 FPS
Low settings 349.6 FPS 316.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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