Sony Playstation 5 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Last updated: 2023-10-04

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Sony Playstation 5		Intel Core i9-9900KS
CPU comparison Sony Playstation 5 or Intel Core i9-9900KS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Sony Playstation 5 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Sony Playstation 5 was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Core i9-9900KS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-9900KS was released in Q4/2019.

AMD Ryzen 7 (68)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)	CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
3	Generation	9
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Sony Playstation 5 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Core i9-9900KS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (5.00 GHz).
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9900KS
8	Cores	8
16	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	4.00 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.00 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9900KS
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
2.23 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
1	GPU Generation	9.5
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	3
36	Compute units	24
2304	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Sony Playstation 5 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-9900KS can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9900KS
GDDR6	Memory	DDR4-2666
16 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
448.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Sony Playstation 5 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i9-9900KS is 127 W.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9900KS
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	127 W
--	TDP (PL2)	159 W @ 28 s
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Sony Playstation 5 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-9900KS cache has a total of 16.00 MB.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9900KS
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA	Socket	LGA 1151-2
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q4/2019
--	Release price	524 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (76%)

Intel Core i9-9900KS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (74%)

Intel Core i9-9900KS (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1056 (79%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1333 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	9625 (72%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	13305 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	992 (70%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1419 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	6635 (70%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	9471 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	402 (78%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	518 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	3735 (71%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	5226 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Sony Playstation 5 AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5) @ 2.23 GHz	10300 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (4%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	16095 (82%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	19602 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	77 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	687 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1650 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	8514 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	148 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	6012 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	222 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	2201 (100%)

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