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Intel logo Core i9-9900X
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General information Core i9-9900X Core i7-6900K
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Skylake-X Broadwell-E
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 140 W 15.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900X Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 61287 0 % 55286 9.8 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 53 % 22.1 %
Benchmark Score 14109 0 % 9343 33.8 %
Single Thread Score 2564 0 % 2331 9.1 %
Encrypting Data 7890.4 MB/s 0 % 4056 MB/s 48.6 %
Compressing Data 316.4 MB/s 0 % 216.1 MB/s 31.7 %
String objects sorting 41764.3 thousand/s 0 % 28474.3 thousand/s 31.8 %
Prime numbers generation 85.6 millions/s 0 % 64.3 millions/s 24.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 73431 millions/s 0 % 51833.3 millions/s 29.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45274.8 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 26.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900X, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 341.8 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %

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 i9-9900X Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.4 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 253.5 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 316.9 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 396.1 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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