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General information Ryzen 5 2600X Core i5-8600K
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Pinnacle Ridge Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 12 nm 14.3 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Ryzen 5 2600X Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 54769 0 % 50674 7.5 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 62 % 4.6 %
Benchmark Score 8998 0 % 6594 26.7 %
Single Thread Score 2377.8 8.6 % 2600.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 13311.7 MB/s 0 % 3089.5 MB/s 76.8 %
Compressing Data 193.8 MB/s 0 % 138.5 MB/s 28.5 %
String objects sorting 22958 thousand/s 0 % 17454.7 thousand/s 24 %
Prime numbers generation 38.2 millions/s 9.5 % 42.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47475.5 millions/s 0 % 27784.9 millions/s 41.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24162.2 millions/s 0 % 23757.4 millions/s 1.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 2600X, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 2600X Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.4 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 187.8 FPS 168.3 FPS
Medium settings 234.7 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 293.4 FPS 263.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %

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 Ryzen 5 2600X Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.1 FPS 139.9 FPS
High settings 235.3 FPS 223.8 FPS
Medium settings 294.1 FPS 279.7 FPS
Low settings 367.7 FPS 349.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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