Intel Core i5-8600 Geekbench 3 64bit (Single-Core)

Mid-range Desktop processor released in 2018 with 6 cores and 6 threads. With base clock at 3.1GHz, max speed at 4.2GHz, and a 65W power rating. Core i5-8600 is based on the Coffee Lake 14nm family and part of the Core i5 series.
Price 70.4%
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Intel Core i5-8600 Office Benchmarks

Geekbench is like the arena where your processor shows off its solo and team skills, with different events for single-core and multi-core performance. It's like comparing the solo dungeon runs to full raid performance. Geekbench 4 was like the old tournament standard, but Geekbench 5 is the new arena, with a baseline score set by an Intel Core i3-8100 – think of it as the new challenger to beat.

Intel Core i5-8600 Geekbench

Geekbench 3 64bit (Single-Core)
Core i9-14900K
10616
Core i9-13900K
10110
Core i7-14700K
9294
Core i7-13700K
8851
Core i5-13600K
8851
Core i9-12900K
8425
Core i5-14600K
7745
Core i5-12600K
7376
Core i7-12700K
7376
Core i9-11900K
7021
Core i9-10900K
6562
Core i5-12400
6498
Core i9-9900K
6250
Core i9-9900KS
6250
Core i7-11700K
6147
Core i7-10700K
5745
Core i5-11600K
5690
Core i7-9700K
5472
Core i5-11400
5415
Core i7-8700K
5330
Core i5-10600K
5318
Core i7-7700K
5130
Core i5-9600K
5065
Core i5-10400
5061
Ryzen 7 2700X
4850
Ryzen 5 2600X
4823
Core i5-9400F
4820
Core i7-6700K
4757
Core i5-8600K
4561
Core i5-7600K
4483
Core i5-8600
4444
Ryzen 7 1800X
4356
Core i7-4790K
4302
Core i3-7350K
4301
Ryzen 5 2400G
4295
Core i3-8350K
4260
Core i5-6600K
4147
Ryzen 7 1700X
4138
Core i3-4370
4051
Ryzen 5 1600X
4029
Core i5-8400
4020
Core i3-7100
3994
Core i3-6320
3978
Ryzen 3 1300X
3916
Ryzen 3 2200G
3896
Core i3-4340
3868
Core i7-5930K
3844
Core i3-8100
3834
Core i7-4770K
3813
Pentium G4620
3789
Core i7-3770K
3782
Core i3-6100
3774
Core i7-4930K
3745
Core i5-4690K
3597
Pentium G4520
3546
Core i5-4670K
3504
Core i5-3570K
3300
Core i7-2600K
3193
Core i5-2500K
3158
Celeron G3950
2955
Celeron G3920
2857
Pentium G3430
2832
Core i3-3250
2725
Celeron G1850
2597
FX-9590
2587
Celeron G1830
2412
A10-6800K
2373
FX-4350
2321
Celeron G1630
2240
FX-6350
2185
A8-7670K
2124
A8-6600K
2107
A10-7850K
2072
FX-8150
2056
FX-6200
1989
Phenom II X4 980
1976
A8-7650K
1968
Phenom II X6 1100T
1935
Phenom II X4 975
1876
FX-4200
1869
Phenom II X3 740
1627

The Core i5-8600 GPU ranks between the Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 1800X in the gaming rig hierarchy. It's 0.9% less powerful than the Core i5-7600K but still offers 2% more juice than the Ryzen 7 1800X for those epic gaming sessions. With its performance, the Core i5-8600 snags the 31st spot on the leaderboard. In the gaming world, the Core i5-8600 GPU is your mid-tier warrior, wielding its 6-cores and 6-threads to deliver decent frame rates in most titles.

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