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Key specs
Cores
6
Threads
6
Boost Clock
4.6 GHz
TDP
95 W
Socket
LGA-1151
Process
14 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
36
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
73
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
395
TDP
95 W
Cache L3
9MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
73
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
395
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1684
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6508
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2722
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10,654
Blender CPU
94.06
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
GeekBench v6
File compression
548.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation
43.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
150.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
216.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
162.1 pages/sec
Background blur
41.2 images/sec
Photo processing
72.2 images/sec
Ray tracing
7.85 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
29.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math
25 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
43M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
18.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption
3.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression
148.4 MBytes/sec
Physics
745 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
13B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
4.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
68.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
112.1 PPW
Blender / Watt
0.99 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
October 8, 2018
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Coffee Lake
Model number
i5-9600K
Integrated GPU
UHD Graphics 630
AMD Equivalent
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Successor
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
CPU
P-Cores
6
P-Threads
6
Base Frequency (P)
3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.6 GHz
Total Cores
6
Total Threads
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
Bus Bandwidth
8 GT/s
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
256K (per core)
L3 Cache
9MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Package
Fabrication Process
14 nm
TDP (PL1)
95 W
Socket
LGA-1151
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock
350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1150 MHz
Shading Units
192
TMUs
24
ROPs
3
Execution Units
24
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
ECC Support
No
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i5 9600K official page
PCI Express Version
3.0
PCI Express Lanes
16
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C - Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: TXT, XD bit