Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i5-9600T

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points
4% slightly better overall score
2780 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points
11% slightly better gaming score
4812 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
2172 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
2074 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points
83.29 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points
4409 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1312 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W
35 W
160% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

553rd of 1,089
574th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-7600K vs Core i5-9600T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7600K beats the Core i5-9600T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9600T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-7600K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600T. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9600T outputs less heat than Core i5-7600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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