CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 9600K

6C / 6T

3.7 - 4.6 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 9600K1,187

Intel Core i7 9700K1,285

Difference: 8.3% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,596

Intel Core i7 9700K9,428

Difference: 42.9% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K2,624

Intel Core i7 9700K3,656

Difference: 39.3% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,566

Intel Core i7 9700K1,575

Difference: 0.6% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,338

Intel Core i7 9700K6,702

Difference: 5.7% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,198

Intel Core i7 9700K1,284

Difference: 7.2% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K5,650

Intel Core i7 9700K7,419

Difference: 31.3% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K2,738

Intel Core i7 9700K2,878

Difference: 5.1% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K10,716

Intel Core i7 9700K14,441

Difference: 34.8% (Intel Core i7 9700K faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.7 GHz

Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.9 GHz

95 W

TDP

95 W

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1151

Coffee Lake

Architecture

Coffee Lake

14nm

Manufacturing

14nm

2018

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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