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Core i5-8600K vs Core i7-6800K

Core i5-8600K vs Core i7-6800K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms Core i7-6800K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 492 days newer than Core i7-6800K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K

  • Performs up to 13% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-6800K - 384 vs 339 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6800K - 95 vs 140 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i7-6800K

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 12 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

384

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€242.73

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8600K Prozessor 3,6GHz (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,30 GHz)

Buy for 242.73 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74625 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-6800K Logo
Core i7-6800K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

339

88.28125%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i7-6800K Logo
Core i7-6800K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1546

100%

Multi-Core

5597

98.86945769298711%

Intel Core i7-6800K Logo
Core i7-6800K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


Single-Core

1224

79.17205692108668%

Multi-Core

5661

100%

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo

Intel Core i5-8600K

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Intel Core i7-6800K Logo

Intel Core i7-6800K

Oct 5th, 2017
Release DateMay 31st, 2016
Core i5CollectionCore i7
Coffee LakeCodenameBroadwell-E
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 2011-3
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores6
6Threads
12
3.6 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed3.6 GHz
95 W
TDP140 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
36.0x
Multiplier34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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