Intel Core i5-8600K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-8600K is a 6-core and 6-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1217
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 5509
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 10132
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2612
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 5935
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8600K
- Frequency
- 3600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4300 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 6
- TDP
- 95 W
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- Package
- Socket 1151 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1219
- Multi-Core Score
- 5551
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Model
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z370P D3
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z370P D3-CF
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-8600K
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
- Base Frequency
- 3.60 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4298 MHz
- Package
- Socket 1151 LGA
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 3
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 3
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 3
- L3 Cache
- 9.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 16.00 GB
- Frequency
- 1200 MHz
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1219 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1631 |
| Integer Score | 1141 |
| Floating Point Score | 1320 |
| AES-XTS | 1631 2.78 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1114 5.63 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1325 62.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1094 3.09 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1086 1.28 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1075 336.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1178 63.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1183 377.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1120 8.73 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1111 12.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1098 1.37 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1171 7252.6 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1183 65.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1140 8.77 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1113 27.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2047 100.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2273 31.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1396 1.12 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1098 9.83 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1207 38.6 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1276 49.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 5551 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 5022 |
| Integer Score | 5387 |
| Floating Point Score | 5995 |
| AES-XTS | 5022 8.56 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 5273 26.7 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 7085 335.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2864 8.08 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 5673 6.66 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 5921 1.86 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 5918 321.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 5019 1.56 MB/sec |
| Clang | 6174 48.1 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 5797 67.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5593 7.00 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6565 40675.0 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 5949 327.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 6327 48.7 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5691 140.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 8270 405.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 11927 162.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 8871 7.12 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 5908 52.9 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3342 106.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2646 102.3 images/sec |