Intel Core i5-8600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
            Intel Core i5-8600
            
                $213
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
            
                
            
        
    | 6 Cores 6 Threads 3.1GHz Clock | 4 Cores 8 Threads 3.6GHz Clock | 
| Socket LGA 1151 | Socket AM4 | 
| iGPUUHD 630 1150MHz 440 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,460
                                            
                                             36% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,235
                                            
                                             30% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 5,045
                                            
                                             19% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 3,900
                                            
                                             15% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerAMD | 
| ArchitectureSkylake | ArchitectureZen+ | 
| FamilyCore 8th Gen | FamilyRyzen 2000 | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Coffee Lake-S - Coffee Lake-6C - - - - - - | Codename Pinnacle Ridge Zeppelin - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 1/1/2018 | Release Date 9/10/2018 | 
| Foundry Intel - - - | Foundry GlobalFoundries - - - | 
| Node 14nm++ - - - | Node 12LP - - - | 
| Die Size 150 mm² - - - | Die Size 213 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 2.5 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 4.8 Billion - - - | 
| 6 Cores - - - | 4 Cores - - - | 
| 6 Threads - - - | 8 Threads - - - | 
| - 3.1GHz 4.3GHz Boost - | - 3.6GHz 4GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Unlocked - - - | 
| Type DMI | Type PCIe | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 8GT/s | Transfer Rate 8GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 4 | Lanes 4 | 
| Bandwidth 4GB/s | Bandwidth 4GB/s | 
| Bi-directional 8GB/s | Bi-directional 8GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 256KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | L2 512KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 9MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 8MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 128GB | Max Memory 64GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 1333MHz Transfer Rate 2666MT/s | Clock 1467MHz Transfer Rate 2933MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 21.3GB/s Bandwidth 42.7GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 23.5GB/s Bandwidth 46.9GB/s | 
| TDP 65W - - - | TDP 65W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included CoolerStock Cooler 115x-Al v2 | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes | PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes | 
| UHD 630 1150MHz 192 Shaders 1150MHz 440 GFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| No NPU - | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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