CPUDesktopReleased Jan 3, 2017

Intel Core i5-7600K

4C/4T · 4.2 GHz · 91 W

The Core i5-7600K was the unlocked quad-core flagship of Intel's mainstream Core i5 line on the 7th generation Kaby Lake desktop platform, launched in January 2017. Kaby Lake changed little architecturally over Skylake, so its appeal lay mainly in higher stock clocks and generous overclocking headroom on Z270 boards. It arrived only weeks before AMD's first Ryzen parts, which quickly made four cores without Hyper-Threading a harder sell at this price.

General

Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel Core i5-7600K
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 7th Gen Intel Core (Kaby Lake)
Codename: Kaby Lake-S
Architecture: x86_64
Microarchitecture: Kaby Lake
Release date: Jan 3, 2017
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 4 cores / 4 threads
Base clock: 3.80 GHz
Boost clock: 4.20 GHz
TDP (design W): 91 W
Unlocked: ✓ Yes
L2 cache: 1 MB
L3 cache: 6 MB
Technology (nm): 14 nm
14 nm

Platform

Socket: FCLGA1151
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630
Clock: 1,150 MHz
Memory type: DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600
2-channel
Memory size: Up to 64 GB
ECC memory: ✕ No
PCIe: PCIe 3.0 (16 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: SSE4.1SSE4.2AVX2AES-NI
NPU: None

OS support

Windows: Windows 10
ChromeOS: ChromeOS
Linux: UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes: Windows 11 requires 8th Gen Intel Core or newer, so this processor is absent from Microsoft's supported CPU lists for 24H2 and 25H2; no separate list has been published for 26H2, so the same status is carried over. Windows 10 is supported. Mainstream Linux distributions run on it, and ChromeOS Flex accepts any 64-bit x86 processor.

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