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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: 62.69
Overall Rank:
1513th fastest in multithreading out of 5454 CPUs
1054th fastest in single threading out of 5454 CPUs
451st fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $159.00 USD (2025-10-07)
| Integer Math | 27,682 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 23,400 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 39 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 17,015 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,163 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 139,660 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 682 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,638 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,561 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $164.99 USD | Buy Now! |
 | $159.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Intel NUC Mini PC Mini Computer Desktop, 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8365U Processor with Intel vPro Technology,4 Cores,8 Threads,up to 4.10 GHz,Windows 11 Pro（ 8GB RAM 1TB SSD） |
$359.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,564 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,395 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,959 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,847 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,521 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,115 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,686 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 9,968 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 260.09 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 169.50 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 151.69 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 127.59 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 102.16 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 62.69 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.76 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,698 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,602 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,468 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,916 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 2,561 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3054394 - Nov 15 2025 | 10278 | |
| BL3050981 - Nov 13 2025 | 10730 | |
| BL3041776 - Nov 10 2025 | 9270 | |
| BL3039013 - Nov 09 2025 | 10675 | |
| BL3037737 - Nov 08 2025 | 10480 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 9,968 | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,645 (+6.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,523 (-4.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 7,727 (-22.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,132 (+1.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,827 (-1.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500T @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 8,092 (-18.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 7,566 (-24.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,986 (+0.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400T @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 8,195 (-17.8%) | |
| Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 12,306 (+23.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 10,652 (+6.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i5-8600 | 9,938 (-0.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,420 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,134 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,253 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,803 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,507 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,495 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,629 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,495 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,477 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,407 | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz | 1,504 |
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