Intel Celeron G5900 vs Intel Core i5-8600K

Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Core i5-8600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8600K

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G5900

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8600K

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i5-8600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8600K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
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
ABM
ADX
RdRand
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsCoffee Lake
Release DateApr 2020vsJan 2018

Cores

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
Cores2vs6
Threads2vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD 610vsIntel UHD 630

Cache

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2MB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvs151mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G5900Intel Core i5-8600K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    5160 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    8160 points
  • Intel Core i5-8600K
    25920 points

Points - higher is better