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Intel logo Core i5-8600K
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General information Core i5-8600K Core i7-4960X
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 7 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-8600K Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 50674 0 % 50541 0.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 34 % 45.2 %
Benchmark Score 6594 0 % 6525 1 %
Single Thread Score 2569.7 0 % 2082 19 %
Encrypting Data 3092.6 MB/s 0 % 2992 MB/s 3.3 %
Compressing Data 139.6 MB/s 15.2 % 164.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 17595.7 thousand/s 23 % 22852.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 42 millions/s 12.6 % 48.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 28233.1 millions/s 23.1 % 36731.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23757.4 millions/s 0 % 18662.8 millions/s 21.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8600K, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Core i5-8600K Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 168.3 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 210.4 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 263.0 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.8 FPS 139.6 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 223.4 FPS
Medium settings 279.6 FPS 279.2 FPS
Low settings 349.5 FPS 349.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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