Intel Core i7-9800X Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i7-9800X was released in Q4/2018 and has 8 cores. The processor can process 16 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 2066. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-9800X achieved a result of 1,155 points (single-core) or 9,402 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i7-9800X belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i7-9800X.
Name:	Intel Core i7-9800X
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 9000X
Architecture:	Skylake X Refresh
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	9
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-9800X has 8 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-9800X is 3.80 GHz (4.50 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	8 / 16
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	8x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	4.20 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-9800X has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-9800X has the no iGPU installed, which has streaming multiprocessors ( shaders).

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-9800X supports a maximum of 128 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 85.4 GB/s.

DDR4-2666	85.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth:	43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i7-9800X has a TDP of 165 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	165 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	95 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-9800X is made in 14 nm and has 16.50 MB cache.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2066
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	16.50 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date:	Q4/2018
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-9800X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz (4.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-9800X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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.


	Intel Core i5-9600K 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1276
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1276
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1274
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1271
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24C 48T @ 4.50 GHz	1270
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1267
	Intel Core i9-10940X 14C 28T @ 4.80 GHz	1263

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	13421
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	13305
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	13145
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	13067
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	12974
	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	12955
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12916

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.


	Intel Core i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1157
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2516 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	1156
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 6C 12T @ 3.95 GHz	1156
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1155
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1154
	Intel Xeon W-3175X 28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz	1153
	Intel Core i5-7640X 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1153

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.


	Intel Core i5-12400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	9451
	Intel Core i9-11900H 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	9436
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	9435
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	9402
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	9370
	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	9338
	Intel Xeon Silver 4214 12C 24T @ 2.40 GHz	9327

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.


	Intel Core i7-8565U 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	1376
	Intel Xeon W-3245M 16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz	1374
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1373
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1372
	AMD EPYC 7542 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	1371
	Intel Core i7-8709G 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1371
	Intel Core i3-10105T 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1370

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.


	Intel Xeon E-2286M 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	7723
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	7721
	Intel Core i7-1260P 12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	7655
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	7654
	Intel Core i7-5960X 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7640
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	7633
	Intel Core i9-9900 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	7619

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.


	Intel Core i5-10300H 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	456
	Intel Core i7-1068G7 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	456
	Intel Core i7-1068NG7 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	456
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	455
	Intel Core i9-9900X 10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	455
	Intel Core i9-9920X 12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz	455
	Intel Core i5-10310U 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	454

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	4349
	Intel Core i9-9900 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	4346
	Intel Xeon Gold 5120 14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz	4344
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	4338
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	4332
	Intel Core i5-11600KF 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	4320
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	4320

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.


	Intel Xeon Silver 4214R 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	18189
	Intel Xeon W-2145 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	18183
	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T 14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz	18139
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	18113
	Intel Xeon D-2187NT 16C 32T @ 2.00 GHz	18081
	Intel Core i5-12450H 8C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	18072
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	17951

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4529
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz	4519
	Intel Core i9-10980HK 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	4492
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4467
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	4436
	Intel Xeon E-2286M 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	4421
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	4402

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
641 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

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