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Is the Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 6
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 9 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600 CPU @ 3.10GHz, Intel Core i5-8600 CPU @ 3.10GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 114.46
Overall Rank:
1551st fastest in multithreading out of 5529 CPUs
1093rd fastest in single threading out of 5529 CPUs
464th fastest in out of 1487 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $86.99 USD (2026-01-10)
| Integer Math | 27,678 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 23,414 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 39 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,988 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,163 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 139,329 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 678 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,657 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,557 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $164.99 USD | Buy Now! |
 | $86.99 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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$379.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,495 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,329 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,947 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,707 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,566 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,098 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,680 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,134 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 9,957 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 210.48 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.59 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 151.67 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 143.72 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.73 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 114.46 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.25 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 64.43 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,695 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,518 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,887 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,488 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 2,557 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3222094 - Jan 18 2026 | 8714 | |
| BL3213756 - Jan 14 2026 | 9066 | |
| BL3211592 - Jan 14 2026 | 9827 | |
| BL3203031 - Jan 10 2026 | 9269 | |
| BL3198332 - Jan 08 2026 | 10591 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 9,957 | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,521 (-4.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,638 (+6.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,141 (+1.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,462 (-5.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 7,735 (-22.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,200 (-7.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 11,528 (+15.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,651 (+7.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 8,730 (-12.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 6,735 (-32.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 13,162 (+32.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 12,783 (+28.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,422 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,253 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,792 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,512 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,409 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,261 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,220 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,733 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,456 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 1,499 |
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