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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6600K outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6600K is 958 days older than the more expensive Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Up to 14% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - €182.66 vs €211.62
- Up to 1% better value when playing Remnant II than Core i5-8600 - €2.08 vs €2.11 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i5-6600K - 65 vs 91 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 6 vs 4 threads
Remnant II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
88
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.08/FPS
100%
Price, €
€182.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel Bx80662I56600K Processore Core I5-6600K Skylake Quad-Core, 3.5 Ghz
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
88
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.11/FPS
98.5781990521327%
Price, €
€211.62
86%
Intel® Processore desktop Core™ i5-8600 6 core fino a 4,3 GHz Turbo LGA1151 Serie 300 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1419
97.45879120879121%
Multi-Core
4012
79.8090312313507%
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| 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 | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 91 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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