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Intel logo Core i5-8600K
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Intel logo Core i5-7640X

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General information Core i5-8600K Core i5-7640X
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Kaby Lake-X
Clock 3.6 GHz 10 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 2.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 15.2 % 112 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-8600K Core i5-7640X
Overall Score 50673 0 % 45864 9.5 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 60 % 3.2 %
Benchmark Score 6593 0 % 4425 32.9 %
Single Thread Score 2615.3 0 % 2506.7 4.2 %
Encrypting Data 3079 MB/s 0 % 1920.5 MB/s 37.6 %
Compressing Data 139.9 MB/s 0 % 89 MB/s 36.4 %
String objects sorting 17706.1 thousand/s 0 % 11711.3 thousand/s 33.9 %
Prime numbers generation 41.8 millions/s 0 % 32.1 millions/s 23.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27887 millions/s 0 % 18422.7 millions/s 33.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24040.8 millions/s 0 % 15295.2 millions/s 36.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600K, Core i5-7640X.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600K Core i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.1 FPS 90.9 FPS
High settings 168.2 FPS 145.5 FPS
Medium settings 210.3 FPS 181.8 FPS
Low settings 262.8 FPS 227.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.5 %

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 i5-7640X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 131.1 FPS
High settings 223.3 FPS 209.8 FPS
Medium settings 279.1 FPS 262.3 FPS
Low settings 348.9 FPS 327.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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