Intel Core i5-9600KF vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Core i5-9600KF vs Core i7-6700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600KF is faster than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. Despite this, the Core i7-6700K has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-9600KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Core i5-9600KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.