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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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Intel Core i5 8600K Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9400 Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400
Editiorial reviews
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4.5 out of 5
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4.8 out of 5
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Intel's Core i5-8600K is priced $120 below the i7-8700K, making it an interesting option for the more value-oriented buyer. It features the same six-core design, but lacks HyperThreading and loses 3 MB of cache. Our testing shows that it still is a great CPU, especially when overclocked to almost 5 GHz.Read more
It always seemed the overclockable Core i5 8600K would be the Intel Coffee Lake CPU that would steal my gaming heart. I was wrong.Read more
Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right no…Read more
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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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4.1 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz3.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz4.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Number of cores6666
Number of threads121266
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W95.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI3DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternonoyesyes
TypeNot availableNot availableIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache16 MB32 MB9 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3L3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz3200.0 MHz2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB128.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyesnono
Thermal specification203.0 °F
N/A
N/A
212.0 °F

Often compared with AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Often compared with AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Often compared with Intel Core i5 8600K

Often compared with Intel Core i5 9400