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Intel logo Core i9-9900K
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General information Core i9-9900K Core i7-990X
Launched Q4 2018 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Gulftown
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 26 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900K Core i7-990X
Overall Score 58663 0 % 46297 21.1 %
Future Proof 68 % 0 % 23 % 66.2 %
Benchmark Score 11843 0 % 4594 61.2 %
Single Thread Score 2955.5 0 % 1568 46.9 %
Encrypting Data 6570.8 MB/s 0 % 2647.3 MB/s 59.7 %
Compressing Data 279.1 MB/s 0 % 119.2 MB/s 57.3 %
String objects sorting 36767.5 thousand/s 0 % 16069.4 thousand/s 56.3 %
Prime numbers generation 46.7 millions/s 0 % 33 millions/s 29.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66015.7 millions/s 0 % 29413.9 millions/s 55.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 41136 millions/s 0 % 12605.2 millions/s 69.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900K, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900K Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.0 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 206.4 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 258.0 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 322.5 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.5 %

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 i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.9 FPS 132.2 FPS
High settings 246.3 FPS 211.5 FPS
Medium settings 307.9 FPS 264.3 FPS
Low settings 384.9 FPS 330.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.1 %
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