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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 2593 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2500K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 10% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-2500K - 132 vs 120 FPS
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $175.0 vs $390.81
- Up to 59% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-2500K - $1.33 vs $3.26 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
132
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
120
90.9090909090909%
Value, $/FPS
$3.26/FPS
40.79754601226994%
Price, $
$390.81
44%
INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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In Stock
Updated 350358 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Single-Core
646
44.36813186813187%
Multi-Core
1921
38.213646309926396%
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | Intel Core i5-2500K |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 3000 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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