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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2017.

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▲ 672,385 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.9GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Game EFps  
+7%
CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max 		280 EFps Better CSGO EFps.
+20% 		233 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		110 EFps +5% 105 EFps
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		138 EFps Slightly Better Overwatch EFps.
+6% 		130 EFps
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max 		135 EFps Slightly Better PUBG EFps.
+9% 		124 EFps
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		133 EFps 141 EFps Slightly Better Fortnite EFps.
+6%
Effective Speed 
+4%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 405,959 user samples
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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: 154th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
141,122 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 96% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 78% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 78% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 180th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		90.7 % +4% 87 %
Average Score 
+9%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		90.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+18% 		76.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		129 Pts 141 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+9%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		257 Pts 276 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+7%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		502 Pts 524 Pts +4%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		656 Pts 922 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+41%
Overclocked Score 
+2%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96.5 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+9% 		88.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		151 Pts +2% 148 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		302 Pts +3% 293 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		594 Pts +4% 572 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		798 Pts 1,034 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+30%
Value & Sentiment 
+56%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.47 % Hugely higher market share.
+161% 		0.18 %
Value
Value For Money 		114 % Better value.
+16% 		98.1 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		77 % More popular.
+15% 		67 %
Price
Price (score) 		$123 Much cheaper.
+32% 		$180
Nice To Haves 
+52%
Age
Newest 		85 Months 64 Months More recent.
+25%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts Slightly more energy efficient.
+10% 		105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		6 threads 16 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+167%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		14 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz 3.9 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+8%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz +5%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		828 Pts 1,506 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+82%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		681 Pts 1,401 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+106%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 630 None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 90.7%
Average Bench 87%

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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The Ryzen 7 3800X is an 8-core, 16-thread high end desktop Zen 2 processor, built on AMD’s seminal 7nm manufacturing process. It has a boost clock speed of 4.5 GHz, overtaking the previous Zen+ flagship, the Ryzen 7 2700X, by 200 MHz and around 16% in terms of effective speed. The 3800X is available at launch for $399 USD alongside four other new Zen 2 processors, including the similarly specified Ryzen 7 3700X. The main differences between the 3800X and 3700X being an extra 100 MHz of boost clock frequency on the 3800X and extra TDP headroom (105W for the 3800X versus 65W for the 3700X) for a $70 USD premium. The 21% higher release price translates to just a 2% higher effective speed over the 3700X. The 3800X is in direct competition with Intel’s i7-9700K, benchmarks show that, when overclocked, the 3800X is 10% worse for gaming but 30% faster for 64-core processing. The 3800X is also 15% ($50 USD) more expensive than the i7-9700K. Additionally, the 3800X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. Like the other third generation Ryzen processors, the 3800X is compatible with the new PCIe 4.0 enabled X570 chipset as well as the 400 and 300 series motherboards. At $380 USD, the 3800X offers reasonable value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. [Jul '19 CPUPro]

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