Ryzen 5 5600H vs i7-8086K

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-8086K
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 95 Watt
9.32
Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.10
+19.1%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Core i7-8086K by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking844721
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.82no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency8.9522.49
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-S (2017−2018)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date4 June 2018 (6 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$425no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier4033
L1 cache384 KB384 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB3 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
Socket1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon Vega 7
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-8086K and Ryzen 5 5600H.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-8086K 9.32
Ryzen 5 5600H 11.10
+19.1%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-8086K 14267
Ryzen 5 5600H 16985
+19.1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-8086K 1694
+5.9%
Ryzen 5 5600H 1600

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-8086K 6970
+20.8%
Ryzen 5 5600H 5769

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-8086K 7216
+24.1%
Ryzen 5 5600H 5817

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-8086K 35896
+4.9%
Ryzen 5 5600H 34229

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-8086K 11218
Ryzen 5 5600H 11952
+6.5%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-8086K 4.13
+59.3%
Ryzen 5 5600H 6.58

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-8086K 15
Ryzen 5 5600H 19
+24.2%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-8086K 1349
Ryzen 5 5600H 1563
+15.9%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-8086K 206
Ryzen 5 5600H 223
+8.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-8086K 2.28
Ryzen 5 5600H 2.62
+14.9%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-8086K 7.9
+6.8%
Ryzen 5 5600H 7.4

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-8086K 85
Ryzen 5 5600H 95
+11.4%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-8086K 231
Ryzen 5 5600H 251
+9%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-8086K 6752
Ryzen 5 5600H 7497
+11%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-8086K 5485
Ryzen 5 5600H 6536
+19.2%

Blender(-)

i7-8086K 316
Ryzen 5 5600H 324
+2.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-8086K 1240
Ryzen 5 5600H 1423
+14.7%

7-Zip Single

i7-8086K 5417
+1.1%
Ryzen 5 5600H 5359

7-Zip

i7-8086K 36060
Ryzen 5 5600H 44558
+23.6%

WebXPRT 3

i7-8086K 217
Ryzen 5 5600H 267
+23%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.32 11.10
Integrated graphics card 3.09 7.46
Recency 4 June 2018 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has a 19.1% higher aggregate performance score, 141.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-8086K in performance tests.

Note that Core i7-8086K is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.


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