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Intel logo Core i5-8600K
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General information Core i5-8600K Core i5-4590
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 14 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 84 W 11.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 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
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 4600
Performance Core i5-8600K Core i5-4590
Overall Score 50805 0 % 43269 14.8 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 42 % 32.3 %
Benchmark Score 6662 0 % 3505 47.4 %
Single Thread Score 2590.4 0 % 2071.4 20 %
Encrypting Data 3077.1 MB/s 0 % 1347.7 MB/s 56.2 %
Compressing Data 138 MB/s 0 % 75 MB/s 45.7 %
String objects sorting 17527.4 thousand/s 0 % 10281.5 thousand/s 41.3 %
Prime numbers generation 42.4 millions/s 0 % 31.7 millions/s 25.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27797.8 millions/s 0 % 16054.8 millions/s 42.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24105.8 millions/s 0 % 12132.3 millions/s 49.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600K, Core i5-4590.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600K Core i5-4590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 82.8 FPS
High settings 168.2 FPS 132.5 FPS
Medium settings 210.3 FPS 165.6 FPS
Low settings 262.9 FPS 207.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.2 %

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 i5-4590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.8 FPS 126.5 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 202.4 FPS
Medium settings 279.7 FPS 253.0 FPS
Low settings 349.6 FPS 316.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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