Intel Core i5-7600K

The Intel Core i5-7600K is a fast quad-core processor for desktops based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the top model of the consumer Kaby-Lake-H Core i5 series at the time of the announcement. The i5 does not support HyperThreading (4 threads only) and runs from 3.8 (base speed) up to 4.2 GHz. As a K-model, the i5-7600K offers an open multiplicator for overclocking.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

The performance of the i5-7600K is about 10 percent above the predecessor Core i5-6600K, thanks to clock speed increases and long hold Turbo Boost clocks. Matching clock speed, there is no speed improvement from Skylake. The old top model Core i7-4790K however is still slightly faster.

More information with gaming benchmarks and power measurements can be found in our AMD Ryzen 7 versus Intel CPUs review (upcoming).

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1150 MHz. The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency slightly. Intel still specifies the TDP with 91 Watts, which is a lot more than the 45 Watts of the mobile Kaby-Lake-H CPUs.

Codename	Kaby Lake
Series	Intel Kaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2 - 4.5 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 3.1 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7920HQ 3.1 - 4.1 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7700T 2.9 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7600K « 3.8 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 4  8 MB L3 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 3 - 4 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7820HQ 2.9 - 3.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9 - 3.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7500 3.4 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7440HQ 2.8 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7567U 3.5 - 4 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7660U 2.5 - 4 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7600U 2.8 - 3.9 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7300HQ 2.5 - 3.5 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7500T 2.7 - 3.3 GHz 4 / 4  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7287U 3.3 - 3.7 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7560U 2.4 - 3.8 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7267U 3.1 - 3.5 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7360U 2.3 - 3.6 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7 - 3.5 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7300U 2.6 - 3.5 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7260U 2.2 - 3.4 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7200U 2.5 - 3.1 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Core i3-7100H 3 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Core i3-7167U 2.8 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Core i7-7Y75 1.3 - 3.6 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7Y57 1.2 - 3.3 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i5-7Y54 1.2 - 3.2 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Core i3-7100U 2.4 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Core m3-7Y32 1 - 3 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 2.3 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Core m3-7Y30 1 - 2.6 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Celeron 3965U 2.2 GHz 2 / 2  2 MB L3 Intel Core i3-7020U 2.3 GHz 2 / 4  3 MB L3 Intel Celeron 3867U 1.8 GHz 2 / 2  2 MB L3 Intel Celeron 3865U 1.8 GHz 2 / 2  2 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 1.7 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y 1.6 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y 1.5 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Celeron 3965Y 1.5 GHz 2 / 2  2 MB L3
Clock Rate	3800 - 4200 MHz
Level 1 Cache	256 KB
Level 2 Cache	1 MB
Level 3 Cache	8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	91 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	14 nm
Socket	FCLGA1151
Features	DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
GPU	Intel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Starting Price	$242 U.S.
Announcement Date	01/03/2017
Product Link (external)	ark.intel.com

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