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Intel Core i5-8600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X |
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Processor comparisons 18-02-2022
If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-8600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, machine learning, rendering, programming, streaming. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, 7zip, AIDA64, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, PassMark, RealBench, UserBenchmark, WPrime, 3DMark, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, PCMark 10, Gears 5, Blender, Prime95, SuperPi.
Gaming performance of CPUs in: - Borderlands 3
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Fallout 76
- Valorant
- Apex Legends
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Fortnite
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Last Man Standing
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Valheim
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
- Overwatch
- Halo Infinite
- Watch Dogs Legion
- DOOM: Eternal
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Death Stranding
After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 2500X or Intel Core i5-8600K.
Summary benchmark resultsAs a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark
| Core i5-8600K | 53% |
Ryzen 5 2500X | 52% |
This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Core i5-8600K is 1% better than Ryzen 5 2500X. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.
Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.| Core i5-8600K | 53% |
Ryzen 5 2500X | 52% |
For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, League of Legends (LOL), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, Ghostrunner, Battlefield V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, DOTA 2A, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Monster Hunter World, Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Gaming benchmark| Fortnite | 93.9 | 92.3 | | Valorant | 106.7 | 104.9 | | Cyberpunk 2077 | 59.7 | 58.7 | | Apex Legends | 100.3 | 98.6 | | Call of Duty Warzone | 80.0 | 78.7 | | Overwatch | 86.4 | 85.0 | | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 73.6 | 72.4 | | DOOM Eternal | 53.3 | 52.5 | | Warzone | 83.2 | 81.8 | | Assassin's Creed | 89.6 | 88.1 | | Valheim | 88.5 | 87.1 |
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.
Power consumption
| Core i5-8600K | 41% |
Ryzen 5 2500X | 56% |
To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 2500X is more energy efficient than the Core i5-8600K as it consumes less power: 95W vs. 65W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.
Software benchmarksLet's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance | Intel Core i5-8600K |
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | | Cinbench 15 Single-core | 183 | 148 | | Cinbench 15 Multi-core | 1040 | 754 | | Cinbench 20 Single-core | 406 | 377 | | Cinbench 20 Multi-core | 2181 | 1620 | | Cinbench 23 Single-core | 1318 | 1028 | | Cinbench 23 Multi-core | 7339 | 4738 |
Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | Intel Core i5-8600K |
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | | Single-Core | 2600 | 2312 | | Multi-Core | 10237 | 9540 |
GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | Intel Core i5-8600K |
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | | Single-Core | 1191 | 1092 | | Multi-Core | 5753 | 4231 |
Comparison of specifications
In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.
| Intel Core i5-8600K |
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | | Announcement date | October 12, 2017 | September 10, 2018 | | Type | Desktop | Desktop | | Socket | FCLGA1151 | AM4 | | Core name | Coffee Lake | Pinnacle Ridge | | Architecture | x86 | Zen | | Generation | 8 | 2 | | Turbo Frequency | 4.3 MHz | 4 MHz | | Frequency | 3.6 MHz | 3.6 MHz | | Cores | 6 | 4 | | Threads | 6 | 8 | | Bus rate | 8 GT/s | | | Bit | 64 | 64 | | Lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm | | Transistors count | 2460 millions | 3600 millions | | Power consumption (TDP) | 95 W | 65 W | | Memory type | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 | | Max. Memory | 128 Gb | | | Memory Frequency | | 2933 | | Memory bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | | | L1 cache | | 384KB | | L2 cache | | 2MB | | L3 cache | 9 MB | 8MB | | Overclocking | No | Yes | | Supports ECC | No | No | | Part number | Expansion Options
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In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Another difference is that Core i5-8600K has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 2500X. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).
Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8600K is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 2500X is better: 9
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i5-8600K and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.
Intel Core i5-8600K Processor Comparisons
• Vs Core i5-10400T
• Vs Core i5-9500F
• Vs Core i7-1165G7
• Vs Core i7-8850H
• Vs Ryzen 3 5400U
• Vs Core i7-1185GRE
• Vs Core i7-9700TE
• Vs Core i5-9600
• Vs Core i9-8950HK
• Vs Core i7-1180G7
• Vs Core i7-1185G7E
• Vs Core i7-9700T
• Vs Core i7-1068NG7
• Vs Core i5-1145G7E
• Vs Core i5-10500T
• Vs Core i7-8700T
• Vs Core i5-9600KF
• Vs Core i5-9600K
• Vs Core i5-1145GRE
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
• Vs Core i7-9750H
• Vs Ryzen 5 4500U
• Vs Core i7-1160G7
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE
• Vs Core i7-1185G7
• Vs Core i5-1140G7
• Vs Ryzen 3 4300G
• Vs Core i7-9750HF
• Vs Core i7-9850H
• Vs Core i3-11100B
• Vs Core i7-8750H
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
• Vs Core i7-10710U
• Vs Core i3-10320
• Vs Core i5-1135G7
• Vs Core i5-8600
• Vs Core i5-9500
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G
• Vs Core i7-7700K
• Vs Core i5-1130G7
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE
• Vs Ryzen 5 3350GE
• Vs Xeon E-2234
• Vs Core i5-1038NG7
• Vs Core i5-9400F
• Vs Core i5-8500
• Vs Core i5-9400
• Vs Core i5-8500B
• Vs Core i5-9600T
• Vs Ryzen 5 3400G
• Vs Core i3-10300
• Vs Ryzen 5 3350G
• Vs Core i7-8569U
• Vs Core i5-8400
• Vs Core i5-9500TE
• Vs Core i3-10325
• Vs Core i7-10810U
• Vs Core i7-9850HL
• Vs Core i7-6850K
• Vs Core i5-4690K
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE
• Vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D
• Vs Core i5-7500
• Vs Core i3-8100
• Vs Ryzen 5 4500
• Vs Core i7-5820K
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600GE
• Vs Ryzen 3 5300GE
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X Processor Comparisons
• Vs Core i5-8500
• Vs Core i5-9400F
• Vs Core i5-1038NG7
• Vs Xeon E-2234
• Vs Ryzen 5 3350GE
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE
• Vs Core i5-1130G7
• Vs Core i7-7700K
• Vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G
• Vs Core i5-9500
• Vs Core i5-8600
• Vs Core i5-1135G7
• Vs Core i3-10320
• Vs Core i7-10710U
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
• Vs Core i7-8750H
• Vs Core i3-11100B
• Vs Core i5-10400T
• Vs Core i5-9500F
• Vs Core i7-1165G7
• Vs Core i7-8850H
• Vs Ryzen 3 5400U
• Vs Core i7-1185GRE
• Vs Core i7-9700TE
• Vs Core i5-9600
• Vs Core i9-8950HK
• Vs Core i7-1180G7
• Vs Core i7-1185G7E
• Vs Core i7-9700T
• Vs Core i5-9400
• Vs Core i5-8500B
• Vs Core i5-9600T
• Vs Ryzen 5 3400G
• Vs Core i3-10300
• Vs Ryzen 5 3350G
• Vs Core i7-8569U
• Vs Core i5-8400
• Vs Core i5-9500TE
• Vs Core i3-10325
• Vs Core i7-10810U
• Vs Core i7-9850HL
• Vs Core i5-10200H
• Vs Core i7-6700K
• Vs Core i3-10105
• Vs Core i7-1065G7
• Vs Ryzen 5 3400GE
• Vs Core i3-10305
• Vs Core i3-10100
• Vs Core i3-10100F
• Vs Core i3-10105F
• Vs Core i7-8559U
• Vs Core i5-10300H
• Vs Core i5-8600T
• Vs Core i3-10105T
• Vs Core i7-8809G
• Vs Core i5-10400H
• Vs Ryzen 5 2400G
• Vs Core i7-7700
• Vs Core i3-10305T
• Vs Ryzen 3 2200G
• Vs Ryzen 5 5600
• Vs Ryzen 5 7600
• Vs Core i5-13600T
• Vs Core i5-13400T
• Vs Core i3-13100F
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700X
• Vs Ryzen 3 1200
• Vs Ryzen 5 5500
• Vs Core i5-4690K
• Vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE
• Vs Ryzen 7 5700GE
• Vs Core i5-7500
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