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Intel 9600K
5 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average single thread (4th percentile)
- Below average ai (4th percentile)
- Below average multi thread (4th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (4th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Series | Core i5 |
| Model | 9600K |
vs Competition
| Spec | Intel 9600K | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Dell Xeon E5-2637 V2 | SMC EPYC 9555P | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Xeon P67080-B21 | CG CHIPS GATE EPYC 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 1PC New 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 Communications Processor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | - | 8 | 32 | 64 | 16 | 24 |
| Threads | - | 16 | 64 | 128 | 32 | 48 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | - | 5200 | 3500 | 4400 | 3900 | 4000 |
| L3 Cache Mb | - | 96 | 256 | 256 | 37.5 | 128 |
| Tdp W | - | 120 | 200 | 360 | 195 | 200 |
| Socket | - | AM5 | Socket A/Socket 462 (PGA 462) | AMD Socket SP5 | LGA 4677 | AMD Socket SP3 |
| Integrated Graphics | - | AMD Radeon Graphics | No | - | No | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Feature | Platform | Efficiency | Multi Thread | Single Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 9600K | 3.9 | 20.4 | 17.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Compare | 91.4 | 98.5 | 95.2 | 87.8 | 90 | 95.7 |
| Dell Xeon E5-2637 V2 Compare | 99.1 | 90.9 | 76.4 | 97.4 | 99.2 | 89.5 |
| SMC EPYC 9555P Compare | 99.3 | 77.1 | 96.8 | 88.8 | 99.4 | 86 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Xeon P67080-B21 Compare | 91.8 | 77.1 | 90.7 | 78.2 | 90.8 | 80.6 |
| CG CHIPS GATE EPYC 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 1PC New 6GK7443-1EX30-0XE0 Communications Processor Compare | 94.8 | 77.1 | 84.2 | 84.2 | 94.5 | 80.5 |
Price
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