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Core i5-8600 vs i7-4790K


Description
The i5-8600 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i7-4790K is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8600 gets a score of 317.5 k points while the i7-4790K gets 215.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8600 is 1.5 times faster than the i7-4790K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
306c3
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/8
TDP
65 W
88 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2018
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
70.3k points
52.47k points
Mean multithread perf.
317.49k points
215.47k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-8600
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
28.14k
26.16k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
24.71k
14.78k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.51k
6.01k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.95k
5.52k (x0.46)
TOTAL
70.3k
52.47k (x0.75)

Multithread

i5-8600

i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
159.4k
107.76k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
126.93k
70.84k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
26.76k
27.99k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.4k
8.87k (x2.02)
TOTAL
317.49k
215.47k (x0.68)

Performance/W
i5-8600
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
2452 points/W
1225 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1953 points/W
805 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
412 points/W
318 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
68 points/W
101 points/W
TOTAL
4884 points/W
2448 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8600
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
6543 points/GHz
5946 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5746 points/GHz
3359 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1281 points/GHz
1366 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2780 points/GHz
1254 points/GHz
TOTAL
16350 points/GHz
11925 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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