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Intel Core i5 9600K
Intel Desktop CPU

Intel Core i5 9600K

36C
Cores6
Threads6
Boost Clock4.6 GHz
TDP95 W
SocketLGA-1151
Process14 nm
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Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core73
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core395
TDP95 W
Cache L39MB
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 CPU94.06
iGPU FLOPS0.4 TFLOPS

Full specifications

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

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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