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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.7GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2018.

Effective Speed 
+174%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 325,166 user samples
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3,972 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 40% Base clock 2.1 GHz
Worst Bench: 23% Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 23% Great: 40%
SPEED RANK: 1223rd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard
321,194 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 103% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 82% Great: 103%
SPEED RANK: 120th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		34 % 93.2 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+174%
Average Score 
+553%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		58.8 Pts 91 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+55%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		28.8 Pts 135 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+369%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		54.6 Pts 268 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+391%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		56 Pts 525 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+838%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		56.8 Pts 688 Pts Insanely faster octa-core speed.
+1,111%
Overclocked Score 
+559%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		73.3 Pts 96.5 Pts Much lower OC memory latency.
+32%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		32.3 Pts 153 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+374%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		64.4 Pts 306 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+375%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		64.4 Pts 604 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+838%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		64.4 Pts 822 Pts Insanely faster OC octa-core speed.
+1,176%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
Based on 67,695,613 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 1.15 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		70.1 % 108 % Much better value.
+54%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 92 % Hugely more popular.
+80%
Price
Price (score) 		$20 Hugely cheaper.
+88% 		$164
Nice To Haves 
+810%
Age
Newest 		123+ Months 65 Months Much more recent.
+47%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		64.5 Pts 848 Pts Insanely faster OC 64-core speed.
+1,215%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		56.6 Pts 717 Pts Insanely faster 64-core speed.
+1,167%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 34%
Average Bench 93.2%
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i mean, it’s just fair these days. browsing the web with a less intensive browser like chromium works smooth. playing audio/video ain’t too bad. for youtube 720p video is as high as it can possibly get until bad lag. 1080p video quite laggy. paired with a mobility radeon 4250 256mb as integrated gpu, it gives about same performance as a 1st gen mobile i3/ 1st gen hd graphics (also known as gma hd) with an ssd it’s overall alright for basic tasks. to achieve what i got, go to amd vision settings, and set cpu clock speed to max (minimum and maximum) [Jun '22 loik7]

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The hex-core i5-9600K is third in Intel’s line-up of 9th generation Coffee Lake CPUs. It has a TDP of 95W and requires an aftermarket cooler (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400). The 9600K was designed to be overclocked. Once this is enabled in the BIOS (requires a Z-series motherboard), the 9600K runs 10% faster. In terms of performance, the i5-9600K is almost unbeatable for desktop users and it has sufficient multi-core performance to handle all but the most demanding workstation tasks. For CPU encoding (Cinebench, Blender, Handbrake etc.) the Ryzen 3000 series offers great 64-core performance. For example the overclocked Ryzen 3600 is approximately 13% worse for gaming, desktop and normal consumer workloads but it is 27% faster for 64-core processing. CPU encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn, encoding tasks are far better performed by dedicated hardware such an NVENC or QuickSync. At stock clocks the i5-9600K is around 8% slower than Intel’s flagship i9-9900K but when both are overclocked, the 9600K closes the gaming gap to within two or three percent. Considering that the 9900K is the fastest gaming processor available, and almost twice the price of the 9600K, this is no small feat. The i5-9600K is aimed squarely at gamers who are not willing to compromise on performance but don't want to pay more than they need to. [Oct '18 CPUPro]

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