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Intel Core i3-7300 vs Intel Core i5-9600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 85 %
Intel Core i3-7300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9600
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 45 %
Intel Core i3-7300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
1,242
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
1,486
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
2,493
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
5,602
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
1,030
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
1,206
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
2,325
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
4,879
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-7300
Intel HD Graphics 630
442
Intel Core i5-9600
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
172 cb
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
186 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
436 cb
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,042 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 7000 (17)Intel Core i 9000 (34)
ArchitectureKaby Lake SCoffee Lake S Refresh
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6300Intel Core i5-8600
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8300Intel Core i5-10600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 46 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
TDP51 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-7300Intel Core i5-9600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2017Q2/2019
Release price280 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-7300
Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-9600
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 3.10 - 4.60 GHz

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