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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-9600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-9600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 7% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-9600K - 147 vs 137 FPS
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - $150.0 vs $170.0
- Up to 18% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-9600K - $1.02 vs $1.24 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 12 vs 6 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
137
93.19727891156462%
Value, $/FPS
$1.24/FPS
82.25806451612904%
Price, $
$170
88%
Intel Core i5-9600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
147
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.02/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1712
80.67860508953817%
Multi-Core
6468
78.99364924279433%
Intel Core i5-9600K | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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