Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Core i5-11600K vs Core i5-9600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11600K performs better than the Core i5-9600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-11600K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600K. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9600K outputs less heat than Core i5-11600K thanks to a 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. The Core i5-11600K also has slightly more 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. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.