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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10600KF outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10600KF is 938 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i5-10600KF - 95 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10600KF
- Performs up to 3% better in Rust than Core i5-8600K - 208 vs 201 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - $124.0 vs $172.94
- Up to 30% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-8600K - $0.6 vs $0.86 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 12 vs 6 threads
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Intel Core i5-8600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Unlocked LGA 1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i5-10600KF
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
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208
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$0.6/FPS
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$124
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Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Unlocked Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 125W
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Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-10600KF
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | Intel Core i5-10600KF |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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