Intel Core i5-8600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8600K
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    107%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    127%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    136%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 27% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 36% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsZen
Release DateJan 2018vsMar 2017

Cores

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
Cores6vs8
Threads6vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9216 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Size151mm²vs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8600KAMD Ryzen 7 1700
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    5160 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    25920 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    32208 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    1038
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1415

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    187
  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    147

points - higher is better