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Intel logo Core i9-9900K
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General information Core i9-9900K Core i5-2500
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 26 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i5-2500
Overall Score 58663 0 % 40411 31.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 21 % 69.1 %
Benchmark Score 11843 0 % 2667 77.5 %
Single Thread Score 2920.3 0 % 1707 41.5 %
Encrypting Data 6617.9 MB/s 0 % 1038.9 MB/s 84.3 %
Compressing Data 276.3 MB/s 0 % 65.2 MB/s 76.4 %
String objects sorting 36255.8 thousand/s 0 % 8985.5 thousand/s 75.2 %
Prime numbers generation 46.6 millions/s 0 % 23.8 millions/s 49 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66744.3 millions/s 0 % 14568.1 millions/s 78.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41300.5 millions/s 0 % 7502.2 millions/s 81.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.0 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 206.4 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 258.0 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 322.5 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 42 %

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 i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 154.1 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 246.6 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 308.2 FPS 243.7 FPS
Low settings 385.2 FPS 304.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %
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