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Intel logo Core i5-9600
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General information Core i5-9600 Core i7-990X
Launched Q3 2019 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Gulftown
Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 19.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-9600 Core i7-990X
Overall Score 50908 0 % 46297 9.1 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 23 % 68.1 %
Benchmark Score 6717 0 % 4594 31.6 %
Single Thread Score 2746.9 0 % 1563.2 43.1 %
Encrypting Data 3299.4 MB/s 0 % 2682 MB/s 18.7 %
Compressing Data 140.9 MB/s 0 % 119.9 MB/s 14.9 %
String objects sorting 18279.1 thousand/s 0 % 16134.2 thousand/s 11.7 %
Prime numbers generation 37.8 millions/s 0 % 32.9 millions/s 13 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29601.7 millions/s 1.1 % 29918.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25062.9 millions/s 0 % 12555.1 millions/s 49.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-9600, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Core i5-9600 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.9 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 169.5 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 211.8 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 264.8 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-9600 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.4 FPS 132.2 FPS
High settings 224.6 FPS 211.6 FPS
Medium settings 280.7 FPS 264.5 FPS
Low settings 350.9 FPS 330.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %
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