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Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 6
Typical TDP: 95 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) i5-8600K CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i5-8600K CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2017
CPUmark/$Price: 63.42
Overall Rank:
1332nd fastest in multithreading out of 5120 CPUs
906th fastest in single threading out of 5120 CPUs
421st fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $160.00 USD (2025-05-12)
Integer Math | 27,781 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 23,823 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 42 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 17,355 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 3,120 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 141,200 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 722 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 12,491 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,577 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,696 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,315 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,033 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,137 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,863 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,475 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,176 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,709 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,658 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz | 10,147 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 184.13 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.68 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 150.78 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 148.60 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.22 | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz | 63.42 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,479 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz | 2,577 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2619292 - May 12 2025 | 10753 | |
BL2619115 - May 12 2025 | 10312 | |
BL2617263 - May 11 2025 | 10887 | |
BL2615340 - May 10 2025 [Overclocked] | 12119 | |
BL2613724 - May 09 2025 | 10113 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz | 10,147 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,088 (-10.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 7,730 (-23.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 10,665 (+5.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,874 (-2.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,382 (-7.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,628 (-5.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-8600T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,278 (-8.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 9,224 (-9.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 10,267 (+1.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400T @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 8,263 (-18.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-9500T @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 8,089 (-20.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-8600K | 13,162 (+29.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,497 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,157 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,326 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,847 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,514 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,285 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,812 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,682 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,530 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,475 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,407 | |
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz | 1,558 |