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Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core i7-1280P

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 75 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 82 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,284 pts

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,848 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

12,205 pts

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

13,549 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,637

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,167

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

7,619

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

9,827

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

518 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

707 cb

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,292

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,587

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

4,346 cb

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

5,222 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,047

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

10,126

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,223

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

219 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

264 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

1,931 cb

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

2,103 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Alder Lake U
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2	BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i9-10900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	14 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x 3.10 - 5.00 GHz	6x Golden Cove 1.80 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 1.30 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		11.50 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.40 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	96 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	4
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
TDP	65 W	28 W
TDP (PL2)		64 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-1280P
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2019	Q1/2022
Release price	550 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 3.10 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-1280P
14C / 20T · 1.80 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★