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Intel logo Core i9-9900K
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General information Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Broadwell-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 16.7 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 8 20 % 10 0 %
Threads 16 20 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 32.1 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 58663 0 % 57931 1.2 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 11843 0 % 11262 4.9 %
Single Thread Score 2955.5 0 % 2351.7 20.4 %
Encrypting Data 6570.8 MB/s 0 % 5045 MB/s 23.2 %
Compressing Data 279.1 MB/s 0 % 271.9 MB/s 2.6 %
String objects sorting 36767.5 thousand/s 0 % 35555.7 thousand/s 3.3 %
Prime numbers generation 46.7 millions/s 41 % 79.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66015.7 millions/s 0 % 63398.4 millions/s 4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41136 millions/s 0 % 40925.6 millions/s 0.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.0 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 206.4 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 258.0 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 322.5 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-9900K Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.9 FPS 152.6 FPS
High settings 246.3 FPS 244.2 FPS
Medium settings 307.9 FPS 305.3 FPS
Low settings 384.9 FPS 381.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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