CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 9600K

6C / 6T

3.7 - 4.6 GHz

TDP: 95W

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Intel Core i9 9900

8C / 16T

3.1 - 5 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,187

Intel Core i9 99001,268

Difference: 6.8% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,596

Intel Core i9 990012,123

Difference: 83.8% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K2,624

Intel Core i9 99004,346

Difference: 65.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,566

Intel Core i9 99001,589

Difference: 1.5% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K6,338

Intel Core i9 99007,205

Difference: 13.7% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K1,198

Intel Core i9 99001,265

Difference: 5.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K5,650

Intel Core i9 99007,910

Difference: 40.0% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K2,738

Intel Core i9 99002,833

Difference: 3.5% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 9600K10,716

Intel Core i9 990016,692

Difference: 55.8% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.7 GHz

Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

5 GHz

95 W

TDP

65 W

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1151

Coffee Lake

Architecture

Coffee Lake

14nm

Manufacturing

14nm

2018

Release Year

2019

9MB shared

L3 Cache

16MB shared

DDR4-2666

Memory Support

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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