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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9600K Cpu
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Intel Core i7 8700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 8700K
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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 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit
N/A

Processor

Clock speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Max turbo speed4.4 GHz4.5 GHz4.6 GHz4.7 GHz
Number of cores6866
Number of threads1216612
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W105.0 W95.0 W95.0 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

Cache32 MB32 MB9 MB12 MB
Cache typeL3L3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3200.0 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 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includednononono
Thermal specification
N/A
N/A
212.0 °F
N/A

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
N/A
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bit
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Scalability
N/A
N/A
1S1S

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