Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-9600K vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9600K beats the Core 5 120U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-9600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600K. The Core 5 120U 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. For instance, the Core i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.