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Intel logo Core i5-9600KF
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General information Core i5-9600KF Core i7-3970X
Launched Q2 2019 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 5.4 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 13 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 36.7 % 150 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 × 12 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-9600KF Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 51292 0 % 48362 5.7 %
Future Proof 71 % 0 % 28 % 60.6 %
Benchmark Score 6922 0 % 5470 21 %
Single Thread Score 2752.2 0 % 1823.4 33.7 %
Encrypting Data 3258.4 MB/s 0 % 2706.8 MB/s 16.9 %
Compressing Data 145.5 MB/s 0 % 144.8 MB/s 0.5 %
String objects sorting 18898 thousand/s 12.7 % 21638 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 43.3 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 7.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29451.4 millions/s 7.8 % 31952.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25501.4 millions/s 0 % 12621.5 millions/s 50.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-9600KF, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Core i5-9600KF Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.1 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 171.3 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 214.1 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 267.7 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %

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 i5-9600KF Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 141.0 FPS 135.8 FPS
High settings 225.5 FPS 217.3 FPS
Medium settings 281.9 FPS 271.6 FPS
Low settings 352.4 FPS 339.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %
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