Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-9600K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-9600K or Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-9600K has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9600K was released in Q4/2018.

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL was released in Q2/2024.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Intel Core Ultra 7 (9)
Intel Core i 9000 (34) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100UL (5)
9 Generation 1
Coffee Lake S Refresh Architecture Meteor Lake PS
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-8600K Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-10600K Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-9600K has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-9600K is 3.70 GHz (4.60 GHz) while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL has 12 CPU cores and 14 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL is at 1.70 GHz (4.90 GHz).
Intel Core i5-9600K Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
6 Cores 12
6 Threads 14
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.70 GHz (4.60 GHz) A-Core 1.70 GHz (4.90 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-9600K Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
-- AI hardware Intel AI engine
-- AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-9600K or Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.00 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology 5 nm
3 Max. displays 4
24 Compute units 64
192 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-9600K can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 89.6 GB/s.
Intel Core i5-9600K Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR5-5600
128 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 12.00 MB
9.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes 20
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-9600K is 95 W, while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i5-9600K Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 57 W
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down 12 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-9600K is manufactured in 14 nm and has 9.00 MB cache. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i5-9600K Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 1151-2 Socket LGA 1851
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2024
260 $ Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (22%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.00 GHz
1985 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
73 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
355 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1276 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
7301 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1244 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
5643 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1561 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
6244 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
481 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
2624 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
10791 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
318.4 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
522 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
2882 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
204 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
1165 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL
Multimedia Office PC Intel Core i5 9600K
Memory PC Intel PC Core i5-9600K
NEXOC Gaming Notebook Laptop 15.6 Zoll mit i5-9600K
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