Intel Core i5-7600K Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-7600K was released in Q1/2017 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 1151. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-7600K achieved a result of 1,174 points (single-core) or 3,855 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i5-7600K

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i5-7600K belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i5-7600K.

Name: Intel Core i5-7600K
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture: Kaby Lake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 7
Predecessor: Intel Core i5-6600K
Successor: Intel Core i5-8600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-7600K has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-7600K is 3.80 GHz (4.20 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 4.20 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-7600K has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-7600K has the Intel HD Graphics 630 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-7600K supports a maximum of 64 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 38.4 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2400
38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-7600K has a TDP of 91 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 91 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-7600K is made in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1151
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 6.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2017
Release price: 270 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-7600K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1176
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1175
Intel Core i3-1115GRE Intel Core i3-1115GRE
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1175
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9940X Intel Core i9-9940X
14C 28T @ 4.50 GHz
1174

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 i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3862
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3859
Intel Core i5-8305G Intel Core i5-8305G
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3856
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
3855
Intel Core i3-8350K Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
3855
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3849
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
3801

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 i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1422
Intel Xeon W-2135 Intel Xeon W-2135
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1422
Intel Xeon W-2195 Intel Xeon W-2195
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
1422
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1420
Intel Core i7-8850H Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1420
Intel Xeon Gold 6230 Intel Xeon Gold 6230
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
1419
Intel Core i3-9300 Intel Core i3-9300
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1417

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 i7-7700 Intel Core i7-7700
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
4284
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
4281
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4279
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
4278
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4258
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
4257
Intel Core i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
4255

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 Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
437
Intel Core i5-1035G4 Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
434
Intel Core i5-1035G7 Intel Core i5-1035G7
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
434
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
433
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
433
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
431
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz
431

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 i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1630
Intel Core i5-1035G4 Intel Core i5-1035G4
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1595
Intel Core i5-1035G7 Intel Core i5-1035G7
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
1595
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1589
Intel Xeon E-2224 Intel Xeon E-2224
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1589
Intel Core i5-8257U Intel Core i5-8257U
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1589
Intel Core i7-1060NG7 Intel Core i7-1060NG7
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1587

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 i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4940MX Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz
432

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 i7-980 Intel Core i7-980
6C 12T @ 3.33 GHz
6895
Intel Core i5-8305G Intel Core i5-8305G
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
6884
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
6871
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
6862
Intel Core i7-5850HQ Intel Core i7-5850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
6855
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6845
AMD FX-8140 AMD FX-8140
8C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
6845

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
500
Intel Core i7-7700K Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
500
Intel Core i7-10875H Intel Core i7-10875H
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
496
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
492
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
488
Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
488
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
486

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 i7-3770 Intel Core i7-3770
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1828
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
1821
Intel Core i7-6820HK Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1802
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1794
Intel Core i7-3940XM Intel Core i7-3940XM
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1790
Intel Core i3-8350K Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1781
Intel Core i7-3820 Intel Core i7-3820
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1771

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 i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
180
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
180
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
180
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
179
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
179
Intel Core i7-8809G Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
179
Intel Core i7-8665U Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz
178

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 i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4820K
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
728
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
722
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
720
Intel Core i5-7600K Intel Core i5-7600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
717
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
717
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
716
AMD FX-9590 AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
713

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