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Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core i5-9600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9900
Rank 2 - 92 %
Intel Core i5-9600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9900
Rank 2 - 63 %
Intel Core i5-9600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
1,637
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
1,486
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz
7,619
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
5,602
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
1,292
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
1,206
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz
8,047
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
4,879
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i9-9900
Intel UHD Graphics 630
461
Intel Core i5-9600
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 3.10 GHz
5,010
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 3.10 GHz
2,818
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
219 cb
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.60 GHz
186 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz
1,931 cb
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,042 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Core i 9000 (34)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshCoffee Lake S Refresh
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i5-8600
SuccessorIntel Core i9-10900Intel Core i5-10600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 166 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 6x
Frequency: 3.10 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 5.00 GHz 4.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache16.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-9900Intel Core i5-9600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2019Q2/2019
Release price550 $280 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-9900
Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 3.10 - 5.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-9600
Intel Core i5-9600
6C / 6T · 3.10 - 4.60 GHz

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