Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Core i5-7600K vs Core i9-8950HK benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7600K performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7600K. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-8950HK 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-8950HK has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7600K. The Core i9-8950HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.