Intel Core i5-9600K
Intel Core i5‑9600K: 9th‑gen Coffee Lake Refresh, unlocked 6‑core with UHD 630 for LGA1151 300‑series; great for 1080p gaming and productivity; now discontinued.
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Product overview
Announced on October 8, 2018 as part of Intel’s 9th‑gen “Coffee Lake Refresh” family, the Core i5‑9600K is a 6‑core/6‑thread LGA1151 chip with a 3.7 GHz base, 4.6 GHz turbo, and Intel UHD Graphics 630. Intel later marked it as discontinued. As a mainstream SKU, it exists to offer affordable, unlocked gaming performance on the Intel 300‑series platform. It’s a solid fit for 1080p gaming with a discrete GPU and everyday office/productivity work, while giving tinkerers overclocking headroom thanks to its unlocked multiplier. Unique note: unlocked multiplier.
- 1080p gaming
- office/productivity
- budget builds
Product highlights
- 6 Cores / 6 Threads
- 3.70 GHz up to 4.60 GHz / 9 MB Cache
- Compatible only with Motherboards based on Intel 300 Series Chipsets
- Intel Optane Memory Supported
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
Specifications
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 6
- Base clock
- 3.7 GHZ
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHZ
- TDP
- 95 W
- Cache
- 9 MB
- Bus Speed
- 8 GT/s
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Hyper Threading
- No
- Turbo Boost
- Yes
- Socket
- FCLGA1151
- Memory
- DDR4
- Ram Speed
- 2666 MHz
- Processor Generation
- 9
