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Intel logo Core i9-9900
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General information Core i9-9900 Core i7-6900K
Launched Q3 2019 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Broadwell-E
Clock 3.1 GHz 3.1 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 8 0 % 8 0 %
Threads 16 0 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900 Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 57343 0 % 55407 3.4 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 53 % 26.4 %
Benchmark Score 10813 0 % 9425 12.8 %
Single Thread Score 2837 0 % 2354.7 17 %
Encrypting Data 5987.5 MB/s 0 % 4044 MB/s 32.5 %
Compressing Data 237.2 MB/s 0 % 218.7 MB/s 7.8 %
String objects sorting 32005.4 thousand/s 0 % 28574 thousand/s 10.7 %
Prime numbers generation 43.6 millions/s 31.6 % 63.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 62592.1 millions/s 0 % 51401.4 millions/s 17.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38305.5 millions/s 0 % 33247.3 millions/s 13.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-9900 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.5 FPS 118.8 FPS
High settings 199.2 FPS 190.0 FPS
Medium settings 249.0 FPS 237.5 FPS
Low settings 311.2 FPS 296.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.6 %

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 i9-9900 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.3 FPS 148.0 FPS
High settings 242.2 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 302.7 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 378.4 FPS 369.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %
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