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General information Core i9-9900 Core i7-940
Launched Q3 2019 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Bloomfield
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 6.5 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 36 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900 Core i7-940
Overall Score 57192 0 % 37153 35 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 10 % 86.1 %
Benchmark Score 10699 0 % 1905 82.2 %
Single Thread Score 2862.5 0 % 1317.9 54 %
Encrypting Data 5882.6 MB/s 0 % 4350.1 MB/s 26.1 %
Compressing Data 234.9 MB/s 0 % 63.7 MB/s 72.9 %
String objects sorting 32467.7 thousand/s 0 % 8784.1 thousand/s 72.9 %
Prime numbers generation 43.9 millions/s 0 % 22.2 millions/s 49.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 62171 millions/s 0 % 16122 millions/s 74.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 38234.5 millions/s 0 % 6971.2 millions/s 81.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.6 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 199.3 FPS 104.1 FPS
Medium settings 249.1 FPS 130.1 FPS
Low settings 311.4 FPS 162.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.8 %

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 i9-9900 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 151.2 FPS 115.8 FPS
High settings 242.0 FPS 185.3 FPS
Medium settings 302.5 FPS 231.6 FPS
Low settings 378.1 FPS 289.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.4 %
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