Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

	CPU Intel Core i5 8600K	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2017	Apr 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number	i5-8600K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Radeon 610M
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	FL1
Power Consumption	95 W	55 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		13.14 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		75 W
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	16
Performance Core Threads	6	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.3 GHz	5.3 GHz
Total Core Count	6	16
Total Thread Count	6	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	24
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	9 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	192	128
Texture Units	24	8
Raster Operation Units	3	4
Execution Units	24	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	28
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1201	1809
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	6612	29610
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1649	2709
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6050	15308