Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th 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

4450 points

4599 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7080 points

6% slightly better gaming score

6626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3627 points

3989 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3488 points

3862 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4254 points

7280 points

71% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.07 points

110.00 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5629 points

5841 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1529 points

1703 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6212 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6055 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

1732 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

42% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

12 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

394th of 1,089

381st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9600K vs Core i5-11260H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11260H beats the Core i5-9600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-11260H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11260H outputs less heat than Core i5-9600K 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 i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.