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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 624 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 3% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i7-6900K - 176 vs 171 FPS
- Up to 16% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $76.77 vs $91.4
- Up to 19% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i7-6900K - $0.48 vs $0.59 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
171
97.1590909090909%
Value, €/FPS
€0.59/FPS
81.35593220338984%
Price, €
€101.45
84%
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
176
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.48/FPS
100%
Price, €
€85.22
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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