CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 9600K

6C / 6T

3.7 - 4.6 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Intel Core i9 9900K

8C / 16T

3.6 - 5 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,187

Intel Core i9 9900K1,343

Difference: 13.1% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,596

Intel Core i9 9900K12,470

Difference: 89.1% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,566

Intel Core i9 9900K1,665

Difference: 6.3% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,338

Intel Core i9 9900K6,395

Difference: 0.9% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,198

Intel Core i9 9900K1,265

Difference: 5.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K5,650

Intel Core i9 9900K8,406

Difference: 48.8% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K2,738

Intel Core i9 9900K2,945

Difference: 7.6% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K10,716

Intel Core i9 9900K18,381

Difference: 71.5% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.7 GHz

Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

5 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

16MB shared

DDR4-2666

Memory Support

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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