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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9600K
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9 editorial reviews
AMD's flagship APU is an incredible little thing, proving you don't need a graphics card to game.Read more
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Codenamed Picasso and combining a four-core, eight-thread Zen+ CPU with an 11 CU slice of Vega graphRead more
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Intel's Core i5-9600K looks to upset the Ryzen 5 2600X as the value chip for the mainstream.Read more
The Core i5-9600K may not have the core-count increases of its higher-priced siblings, but it received a healthy frequency bump over its predecessor, coupled with hardware patches to some vulnerabilities. We already proved that the i7-9700K is the best gaming CPU by Intel. Can the humble Core i5 challenge it in this arena?Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Max turbo speed4.0 GHz4.2 GHz4.6 GHz
Number of cores646
Number of threads1286
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache16 MB4 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2667.0 MHz2933.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includednonono
Thermal specification203.0 °F203.0 °F212.0 °F

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