Intel Core i9-9900K Specs

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Intel Core i9-9900K Specs

Specifications of the Intel Core i9-9900K processor dedicated to the desktop sector, it has 8 cores, 16 threads, a maximum frequency of 5.0GHz. The table below makes it possible to observe well the lithography, the number of transistors (if present), the offered cache memory, the maximum capacity of RAM memory that we can get, the type of compatible memory, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in the Passmark platform, Cinebench R15 and Geekbench 4.

Specifications:

Processor		Intel Core i9-9900K
Market (main)		Desktop
ISA		x86-64 (64 bit)
Microarchitecture		Coffee Lake
Core name		Coffee Lake-S
Family		Core i9-9000
Part number(s), S-Spec		BX80684I99900K, BXC80684I99900K, CM8068403873914, SRELS, QQPP
Release date		Q4 2018
Lithography		14 nm++
Cores		8
Threads		16
Base frequency		3.6 GHz
Turbo frequency		5.0 GHz
Bus speed		8 GT/s
Cache memory		16 MB
Max memory capacity		128 GB
Memory types		DDR4-2666
Max # of memory channels		2
Max memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
Max PCIe lanes		16
TDP		95 W
Suggested PSU		600W ATX Power Supply
GPU integrated graphics		Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Coffee Lake)
GPU execution units		23
GPU shading units		184
GPU base clock rate		350 MHz
GPU max clock rate		1,200 MHz
GPU FP32 floating point		423.2 GFLOPS
Socket		LGA1151
Compatible motherboard		Socket LGA 1151 Motherboard
Maximum temperature		100°C
CPU-Z single thread		573
CPU-Z multi thread		5,565
Cinebench R15 single thread		218
Cinebench R15 multi-thread		2,065
Cinebench R20 single thread		500
Cinebench R20 multi-thread		4,910
Cinebench R23 single thread		1,299
Cinebench R23 multi-thread		12,390
PassMark single thread		3,000
PassMark CPU Mark		18,930
(Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 single core		6,336
(Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 multi-core		36,463
(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core		1,324
(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core		8,718
(SGEMM) GFLOPS performance		588 GFLOPS
(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio		384 pts / W
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Performances :

Performance comparison between this processor and those of equivalent power, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark softwares such as Geekbench 4.

Suggested PSU: We assume that we have An ATX computer case, a high end graphics card, 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD, a 1TB HDD hard drive, a Blu-Ray drive. We will have to rely on a more powerful power supply if we want to have several graphics cards, several monitors, more memory, etc.

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Performance comparison on the CPU-Z benchmark software for IT processors:

	CPU-Z - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i9-11900	592 5,646
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G	519 5,643
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	534 5,638
Intel Core i7-10700	568 5,624
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	514 5,601
Intel Core i9-9900K	573 5,565
Intel Core i7-10700F	544 5,497
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	508 5,459
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700	486 5,308
Intel Core i9-9900	517 5,096

CPU-Z is a system information software that provides the name of the processor, its model number, the codename, the cache levels, the package, the process. It can also gives data about the mainboard, the memory. It makes real time measurement, with finally a benchmark for the single thread, as well as for the multi thread.

Performance comparison on the Cinebench R15 benchmark platform for IT devices:

	Cinebench R15 - Multi-thread & single thread score
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	210 2,180
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G	204 2,170
Intel Core i9-9900KS	220 2,150
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	200 2,100
Intel Core i9-11900	222 2,076
Intel Core i9-9900K	218 2,065
Intel Core i9-10900T	195 2,034
Intel Core i7-10700K	220 2,030
Intel Core i7-10700KA	220 2,005
Intel Core i7-10700	210 1,975

Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.

Performance comparison on the Cinebench R20 benchmark platform for computers:

	Cinebench R20 - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i9-11900	538 5,071
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	540 5,000
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	510 4,970
Intel Core i7-10700K	520 4,970
Intel Core i9-9900KF	500 4,920
Intel Core i9-9900K	500 4,910
Intel Core i7-10700KA	513 4,882
Intel Core i7-10700	495 4,830
Intel Core i7-10700F	490 4,780
Intel Core i9-10900T	470 4,770

Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.

Performance comparison on the Cinebench R23 benchmark platform for computer processors:

	Cinebench R23 - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i7-10700KA	1,290 12,704
Intel Core i9-9900KS	1,276 12,695
Intel Core i7-10700	1,262 12,570
Intel Core i9-9900	1,275 12,519
Intel Core i9-9900KF	1,272 12,404
Intel Core i9-9900K	1,299 12,390
Intel Core i7-10700F	1,244 12,239
Intel Core i7-11700	1,392 12,198
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G	1,274 11,791
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	1,531 11,190

Cinebench R23 is cross-platform testing software that allows you to assess the hardware capabilities of a device such as a computer, tablet, server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant. The test scene contains no less than 2,000 objects and more than 300,000 polygons in total.

Performance comparison on the Passmark benchmark platform for computing machines:

	PassMark - CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-10700K	3,080 19,800
Intel Core i7-10700KA	3,080 19,800
Intel Core i7-10700KF	3,070 19,640
Intel Xeon W-2245	2,730 19,290
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT	2,820 19,000
Intel Core i9-9900K	3,000 18,930
Intel Core i9-9900KF	3,020 18,750
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	2,670 18,340
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	2,660 18,200
Intel Core i5-11400F	3,041 17,913

PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.

On Windows: performance comparison in Geekbench 4 with Windows operating system.

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows 64-bit
Intel Core i7-11700KF	7,535 38,878
Intel Core i7-11700F	7,353 38,480
Intel Core i9-11900KF	8,134 37,810
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX	5,181 37,425
Intel Core i9-9900KS	6,728 36,852
Intel Core i9-9900K	6,336 36,463
Intel Core i9-10900X	5,279 36,287
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	5,767 35,340
Intel Core i7-10700K	6,059 35,244
Intel Core i9-10900F	5,998 35,142

On Linux: performance comparison in Geekbench 4 with Linux operating system.

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Linux 64-bit
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	6,080 37,556
Intel Core i7-10700KF	6,461 36,518
Intel Core i9-10900K	6,456 36,135
Intel Core i7-9700KF	6,776 35,757
Intel Core i9-9900KF	6,720 35,578
Intel Core i9-9900K	6,595 35,295
Intel Core i5-11600K	7,976 33,968
Intel Xeon W-2245	5,144 33,436
Intel Core i5-10600KA	6,947 32,496
Intel Core i5-10600K	6,935 32,391

On Android: performance comparison in Geekbench 4 with Android operating system.

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Android 64-bit
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	6,176 31,100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5,610 27,268
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	5,414 23,126
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	6,022 22,528
Intel Core i9-9900KF	5,798 22,298
Intel Core i9-9900K	4,319 19,775
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	4,879 16,739
Intel Core i7-10700KA	5,725 15,395
Intel Core i3-9100	5,369 14,984
Intel Core i5-9400	3,837 13,999

On MAC OS X: performance comparison in Geekbench 4 with MAC OS X operating system.

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Mac OS X 64-bit
Intel Core i7-10700K	6,367 37,609
Intel Core i9-9900KF	6,371 37,180
Intel Core i9-10850K	6,223 37,120
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	5,738 36,130
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	5,744 35,990
Intel Core i9-9900K	6,317 35,651
Intel Core i9-9900	6,299 35,383
Intel Core i7-10700KA	6,124 34,948
Intel Core i7-10700	5,968 34,877
Intel Xeon W-3223	4,911 32,746

Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.

On Windows: performance comparison in Geekbench 5 with Windows operating system.

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows
Intel Core i7-10700K	1,365 9,287
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	1,348 8,985
Intel Xeon W-2245	1,192 8,815
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X	1,282 8,811
Intel Core i9-10900	1,321 8,734
Intel Core i9-9900K	1,324 8,718
Intel Core i9-9900KF	1,344 8,679
Intel Core i7-10700KF	1,330 8,589
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	1,239 8,521
Intel Core i7-10700KA	1,321 8,443

On Linux: performance comparison in Geekbench 5 with Linux operating system.

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Linux
Intel Core i9-11900KF	1,863 9,271
Intel Core i5-11600KF	1,863 9,271
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	1,752 9,040
Intel Core i7-11700F	1,712 9,026
Intel Core i7-10700	1,355 9,006
Intel Core i9-9900K	1,393 8,981
Intel Core i7-11700	1,711 8,842
Intel Core i7-10700KF	1,447 8,809
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	1,331 8,729
Intel Core i9-9900	1,354 8,683

On macOS: performance comparison in Geekbench 5 with macOS operating system.

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - macOS
Intel Core i7-10700F	1,231 8,928
Intel Core i7-10700K	1,271 8,917
Intel Core i9-10900T	1,166 8,909
Intel Core i9-9900KF	1,252 8,890
Intel Core i9-9900KS	1,288 8,888
Intel Core i9-9900K	1,256 8,607
Intel Core i7-10700	1,200 8,604
Intel Core i9-9900	1,214 8,547
Intel Core i7-10700KF	1,270 8,516
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	1,301 8,462

Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.

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List of benchmarks:

CPU-Z Cinebench R15 Cinebench R20 Cinebench R23 Geekbench 4 on Android Geekbench 4 on Linux Geekbench 4 on Mac OS X Geekbench 4 on Windows Geekbench 5 on Linux Geekbench 5 on macOS Geekbench 5 on Windows PassMark GFLOPS performance

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