Intel Core i7 7800X vs i5 9600K
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 7800X against the 3.7 GHz i5 9600K. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 7800X
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Around 37.87 GB/s (91%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i5 9600K
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than the Core i7 7800X – 95 vs 140 Watt
- Newer - released 1-year and 5-months later
- 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Has 1 MB larger L3 cache size
- 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1203 vs 1075 points
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | May 30, 2017 | October 8, 2018 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | i7-7800X | i5-9600K |
| Socket | LGA-2066 | LGA-1151 |
| Integrated GPU | No | UHD Graphics 630 |
Performance
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 37x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | 8 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 9MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP | 140 W | 95 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 350 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 1150 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 192 |
| TMUs | - | 24 |
| ROPs | - | 3 |
| Execution Units | - | 24 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | - | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2666 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 79.47 GB/s | 41.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i7 7800X official page | Intel Core i5 9600K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 |
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