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In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 826 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Up to 41% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - £150.0 vs £252.99
- Up to 40% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i5-8600K - £0.21 vs £0.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 91 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Performs up to 2% better in Minecraft than Core i5-6600K - 724 vs 709 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 6 vs 4 threads
Minecraft
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core I5-6600K Processor (3.5 GHz, 6 M Cache, LGA1151)
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Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | Intel Core i5-8600K |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
91 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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