Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i5-7600K

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-7600K

Price

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$ 72.99

$ 231.36 significantly less expensive

$ 304.35

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2845 points

2899 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5304 points

5366 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2160 points

2207 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2073 points

2115 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

54.00 points

61.33 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points

4236 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1335 points

1491 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3650 points

4238 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1394 points

1522 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

Identical

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

40% slightly lower TDP

91 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

561st of 1,089

553rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9100 vs Core i5-7600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7600K is faster than the Core i3-9100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-9100. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i3-9100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.