UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-11600K vs i5-8600K

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	296 EFps	Slightly Better CSGO EFps. +6%	280 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	108 EFps		110 EFps	+2%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	142 EFps	+3%	138 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	143 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +6%	135 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	134 EFps	+1%	133 EFps

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Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 91% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 91% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 76^th / 1441

Gaming 99%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 92%

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Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1441

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.3 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +9%		90.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.4 Pts		90.1 Pts	+2%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	162 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +26%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	313 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +22%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	592 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +18%	502 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	945 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +44%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.4 Pts		96.5 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +14%	151 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	338 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +12%	302 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	661 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +11%	594 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1034 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +30%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.26 %		0.45 %	Much higher market share. +73%
Value Value For Money	112 %	Slightly better value. +8%	103 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	90 %	More popular. +15%	78 %
Price Price (score)	$181		$173	+4%


Age Newest	36 Months	Much more recent. +54%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +8%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1256 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +52%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1165 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +71%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Rocket Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 750	UHD 630

The i5-11600K is the best value "top tier" CPU in Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S lineup. With a simple overclock it offers almost the same levels of performance as the 11900K. Rocket Lake brings higher IPC (early samples indicate +19%) which translates to around a 10% faster Effective Speed than both Intel's 10th Gen and AMD’s 5000 series. Despite Intel’s performance lead, AMD continues to outsell Intel. Given the scale of Intel's operation, it’s inexplicable that their marketing remains so neglected. Little effort is made to counter widespread disinformation such as: “it uses too much electricity” or the classic: “it needs more cores”. Intel’s marketing samples are routinely distributed to reviewers that appear better incentivized to bury Intel's products rather than review them. Not enabling XMP or only testing with BIOS power limits enabled is akin to leaving the handbrake on during a race. Mind-numbing “scientific” and rendering benchmarks are presented as gospel. Different games, mostly unplayed by real users, are cherry picked for each “review”. When it's convenient, canned game benchmarks are chosen such as Ulletical’s CSGO which runs at nearly double the in-game fps. Credible benchmark data, which necessarily includes replicable video footage from popular games, is the exception rather than the rule. At every release, AMD’s marketers coordinate narratives to ensure another feast of blue blubber. Nonetheless, towards the end of 2021, Intel’s Golden Cove is due to offer an additional 20-30% performance increase. At that time, with a net 30-40% performance lead, Intel will probably regain significant market share despite AMD's class-leading marketing. In the meantime, most PC gamers need look no further than the 11400F. ^{[Mar '21 CPUPro]}

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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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