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Intel logo Core i9-10900K
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General information Core i9-10900K Core i5-2550K
Launched Q2 2020 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Comet Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 8.1 %
Turbo Clock 5.3 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 28.3 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 95 W 24 %
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 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-10900K Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 62056 0 % 40434 34.8 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 28 % 63.2 %
Benchmark Score 14830 0 % 2673 82 %
Single Thread Score 3129.7 0 % 1760.3 43.8 %
Encrypting Data 8126.5 MB/s 0 % 1038.9 MB/s 87.2 %
Compressing Data 370.8 MB/s 0 % 66.1 MB/s 82.2 %
String objects sorting 46530 thousand/s 0 % 8889.2 thousand/s 80.9 %
Prime numbers generation 63.5 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 59.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 86241.1 millions/s 0 % 14554.8 millions/s 83.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 53031.3 millions/s 0 % 7539.4 millions/s 85.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10900K, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i9-10900K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 222.4 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 278.1 FPS 149.7 FPS
Low settings 347.6 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.2 %

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 i9-10900K Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.8 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 255.7 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 319.6 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 399.6 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.8 %
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