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Intel Core i5-9600KF 6 Cores 4.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 95W

Intel Core i5-9600KF 6 Cores 4.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 95W

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  • 6 Cores / 6 Threads
  • 3.70 ghz up to 4.60 ghz Max Turbo Frequency / 9 MB Cache
  • Compatible only with Motherboards based on Intel 300 series chipsets
  • Discrete GPU - No processor graphics
  • Intel Optane Memory Supported
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Specifications Overview

Model BX80684I59600KF
Release Date January 2019

* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.

Series Core i5 9th Gen
Core Name Coffee Lake
Socket LGA1151
Integrated Graphics None
CPU Cores 6
CPU Threads 6
CPU Clock Rate 3700 MHz
CPU Turbo Clock Rate 4600 MHz
TDP 95 W
CPU Cooler included
Manufacturing Process 14 nm
Maximum Supported Memory 128 GB
Cache L3 9 MB

Intel Core i5-9600KF Performance comparison with similar Processors

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX (107th)
103%
Intel Core i7-8700K (108th)
102%
Intel Core i7-9700K (109th)
101%
Intel Core i5-9600K (109th)
101%
Intel Core i7-8700 (109th)
101%
Intel Core i9-10980XE (112th)
101%
Intel Core i3-10320 (113th)
~
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX (113th)
~
Intel Core i3-9350KF (115th)
~
Intel Core i3-9350K (115th)
~
Intel Core i5-9600KF (117th)
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (118th)
99%
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (118th)
99%
Intel Xeon E-2236 (120th)
99%
Intel Core i5-10500 (121st)
98%
Intel Core i7-7700K (122nd)
98%
Intel Core i7-9700 (123rd)
97%
Intel Core i7-9700F (123rd)
97%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X (125th)
97%
Intel Core i9-7900X (126th)
97%
Intel Core i9-9980XE (127th)
96%

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (137th)
120%
Intel Xeon E5-2680 V4 (138th)
117%
Intel Core i7-5930K (139th)
115%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (140th)
115%
Intel Core i7-7800X (141st)
106%
Intel Xeon E5-2630 V4 (142nd)
104%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (143rd)
104%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (144th)
103%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF (145th)
101%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X (146th)
~
Intel Core i5-9600KF (147th)
100%
Intel Core i5-9600K (148th)
99%
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (149th)
97%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (150th)
94%
Intel Core i3-10320 (151st)
92%
Intel Core i5-9400F (152nd)
91%
Intel Xeon E-2236 (152nd)
91%
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (154th)
88%
Intel Core i3-10105 (155th)
88%
Intel Core i3-10300 (156th)
88%
Intel Core i3-10105F (157th)
87%

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Expert reviews

70

The Core i5-9600K is an iterative update over the previous-gen model. But if you're shopping for a new processor, it does provide enough of a performance improvement to merit attention. The processor clearly provides the best performance for gaming at...

Tom's Hardware

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100

While testing the Core i5 9600K the multi-threaded performance was a bit lack-luster, this proc really could have used SMT (Hyper-threading). However, Intel carefully examined the Achilles heel of Ryzen processors and realized that with (and only) very...

Guru of 3D

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