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HWZ's Overall Rating: 8.5
THE GOOD
Gaming performance competitive with Intel Core i7-8700K
Six cores is a welcome inclusion for Core i5 series
Beats out Intel Core i7-7700K in terms of multi-threaded performance
THE BAD
Relatively high power consumption
Will not work with Intel 200-series boards
No Hyper-Threading
Product Specification
Processor Name | Intel Core i5-8600K |
Processor Model | Core i5-8600K |
Rated Processor Frequency | 3.6GHz |
Max Processor Frequency | 4.3GHZ |
No. of Cores | 6 |
Base Clock | 3.6GHz |
Bus Type | DMI 3.0 |
Bus Speed | 8 GT/s DMI3 |
L1 Cache (data + instruction) |
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L2 Cache | 6 x 256KB |
L3 Cache | 9MB |
Memory Controller | Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 |
PCIe Controller | 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0 |
TDP (W) | 95W |
Instruction Set Support | SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0 |
64-bit Processing Technology | Yes |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) / AMD Cool 'n' Quiet | Yes |
Virtualization Technology | Yes (VT-x) |
Packaging | LGA 1151 |
Process Technology | 14nm++ |
Processor Codename | Coffee Lake |