AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i5-8600K

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    136%
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    112%
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    160%
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

12% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 60% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 36% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8600K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatisse 2vsCoffee Lake
Release DateJul 2019vsJan 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA1151
Die Size74mm²vs151mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTIntel Core i5-8600K
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    5160 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    31153 points
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    25920 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    211
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    187

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT (simulated)
    1663.29
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    1038

points - higher is better