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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9600K Cpu
Intel Core i5 9600K
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Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.Read 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 socketAM4LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz2.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Max turbo speed4.0 GHz4.1 GHz4.6 GHz
Number of cores666
Number of threads1266
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Memory

Cache16 MB9 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2667.0 MHz2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
128.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Thermals

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

Features

Supported instruction sets
  • AES
  • AVX 2.0
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
yesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes
N/A
1616
Execute disable bit
N/A
yesyes
Scalability
N/A
1S1S

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