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Intel logo Core i5-8600K
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General information Core i5-8600K Core i5-7500
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Kaby Lake-S
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 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-8600K Core i5-7500
Overall Score 50805 0 % 44531 12.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 56 % 9.7 %
Benchmark Score 6662 0 % 3932 41 %
Single Thread Score 2590.4 0 % 2264 12.6 %
Encrypting Data 3077.1 MB/s 0 % 1794.6 MB/s 41.7 %
Compressing Data 138 MB/s 0 % 81.8 MB/s 40.7 %
String objects sorting 17527.4 thousand/s 0 % 10069.3 thousand/s 42.6 %
Prime numbers generation 42.4 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 34.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27797.8 millions/s 0 % 15791.6 millions/s 43.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24105.8 millions/s 0 % 13091.4 millions/s 45.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600K, Core i5-7500.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600K Core i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 86.6 FPS
High settings 168.2 FPS 138.6 FPS
Medium settings 210.3 FPS 173.2 FPS
Low settings 262.9 FPS 216.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.6 %

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 i5-7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.8 FPS 128.8 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 206.0 FPS
Medium settings 279.7 FPS 257.5 FPS
Low settings 349.6 FPS 321.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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