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Intel logo Core i9-9900X
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General information Core i9-9900X Core i5-9600K
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.5 GHz 5.4 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 2.2 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
6 × 1.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9900X Core i5-9600K
Overall Score 61287 0 % 51273 16.3 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 68 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14109 0 % 6911 51 %
Single Thread Score 2553.7 7.3 % 2755.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 8009.6 MB/s 0 % 3246 MB/s 59.5 %
Compressing Data 317 MB/s 0 % 145.8 MB/s 54 %
String objects sorting 41474 thousand/s 0 % 18562 thousand/s 55.2 %
Prime numbers generation 85.7 millions/s 0 % 44.3 millions/s 48.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72482 millions/s 0 % 29372.6 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45958.8 millions/s 0 % 25294.6 millions/s 45 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900X, Core i5-9600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900X Core i5-9600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 107.0 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 171.1 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 213.9 FPS
Low settings 341.8 FPS 267.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.8 %

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 i5-9600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.9 FPS 141.1 FPS
High settings 254.2 FPS 225.8 FPS
Medium settings 317.8 FPS 282.3 FPS
Low settings 397.2 FPS 352.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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