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Intel logo Core i9-9900X
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General information Core i9-9900X Core i5-2500
Launched Q4 2018 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 17.8 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 95 W 42.4 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-9900X Core i5-2500
Overall Score 61274 0 % 40411 34 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 21 % 69.1 %
Benchmark Score 14096 0 % 2667 81.1 %
Single Thread Score 2569.1 0 % 1698.5 33.9 %
Encrypting Data 8009.4 MB/s 0 % 1034.7 MB/s 87.1 %
Compressing Data 317.6 MB/s 0 % 65.9 MB/s 79.2 %
String objects sorting 41439 thousand/s 0 % 9121.4 thousand/s 78 %
Prime numbers generation 85.4 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 72 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72838 millions/s 0 % 14655.3 millions/s 79.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45219.3 millions/s 0 % 7487.3 millions/s 83.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-9900X Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 119.6 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 149.5 FPS
Low settings 341.7 FPS 186.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.3 %

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 i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 253.7 FPS 194.8 FPS
Medium settings 317.1 FPS 243.5 FPS
Low settings 396.4 FPS 304.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.2 %
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