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General information Core i9-9900K Core i3-550
Launched Q4 2018 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Clarkdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i3-550
Overall Score 58662 0 % 31916 45.6 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 18 % 73.5 %
Benchmark Score 11842 0 % 1038 91.2 %
Single Thread Score 2920.3 0 % 1347.7 53.9 %
Encrypting Data 6517.2 MB/s 0 % 2371.9 MB/s 63.6 %
Compressing Data 278.2 MB/s 0 % 34 MB/s 87.8 %
String objects sorting 36582.4 thousand/s 0 % 4777.8 thousand/s 86.9 %
Prime numbers generation 46.6 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 78.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 65883.4 millions/s 0 % 8485.9 millions/s 87.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40764.8 millions/s 0 % 3676.9 millions/s 91 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.0 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 206.4 FPS 79.4 FPS
Medium settings 258.0 FPS 99.2 FPS
Low settings 322.5 FPS 124.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 61.5 %

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 i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.9 FPS 106.8 FPS
High settings 246.2 FPS 170.9 FPS
Medium settings 307.8 FPS 213.7 FPS
Low settings 384.7 FPS 267.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.6 %
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