CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 8600K

6C / 6T

3.6 - 4.3 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Intel Core i7 9700K

8C / 8T

3.6 - 4.9 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K1,243

Intel Core i7 9700K1,285

Difference: 3.4% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K6,718

Intel Core i7 9700K9,428

Difference: 40.3% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K2,181

Intel Core i7 9700K3,656

Difference: 67.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K1,649

Intel Core i7 9700K1,575

Difference: 4.7% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K6,050

Intel Core i7 9700K6,702

Difference: 10.8% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K1,163

Intel Core i7 9700K1,284

Difference: 10.4% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K5,367

Intel Core i7 9700K7,419

Difference: 38.2% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K2,603

Intel Core i7 9700K2,878

Difference: 10.6% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 8600K10,201

Intel Core i7 9700K14,441

Difference: 41.6% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.6 GHz

Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.9 GHz

95 W

TDP

95 W

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1151

Coffee Lake

Architecture

Coffee Lake

14nm

Manufacturing

14nm

2017

Release Year

2018

9MB shared

L3 Cache

12MB shared

DDR4-2666

Memory Support

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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