Intel Core i9-9900X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-9900X was released in Q4/2018 and has 10 cores. The processor can process 20 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 2066. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i9-9900X achieved a result of 1,174 points (single-core) or 10,490 points (multi-core).
Intel Core i9-9900X

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i9-9900X belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i9-9900X.

Name: Intel Core i9-9900X
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 9000X (8)
Architecture: Skylake X Refresh
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 9
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-7900X
Successor: Intel Core i9-10900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-9900X has 10 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-9900X is 3.50 GHz (4.50 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 10 / 20
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 10x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (10 Cores): 4.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-9900X 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 42.7 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
42.7 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 i9-9900X 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.: 92 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i9-9900X is made in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 19.00 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: 989 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-9900X 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.


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 i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1176
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1175
Intel Core i3-1115GRE Intel Core i3-1115GRE
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1175
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9940X Intel Core i9-9940X
14C 28T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.50 GHz
1174

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz
10638
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
10609
Intel Xeon Gold 6334 Intel Xeon Gold 6334
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
10596
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
10490
Intel Core i5-13600H Intel Core i5-13600H
12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
10480
Intel Xeon W-1370P Intel Xeon W-1370P
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
10467
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
10465

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 i7-7700K Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1463
Intel Core i7-9700T Intel Core i7-9700T
8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1463
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1463
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1459
Intel Core i7-8700B Intel Core i7-8700B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1459
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1459
Intel Core i9-9940X Intel Core i9-9940X
14C 28T @ 4.50 GHz
1459

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9644
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
9535
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
9487
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
9475
Intel Xeon Gold 6148 Intel Xeon Gold 6148
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
9445
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
9432
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9387

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 Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
456
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
456
Intel Core i7-1068NG7 Intel Core i7-1068NG7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
456
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
455
Intel Core i7-9800X Intel Core i7-9800X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
455
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
455
Intel Core i5-10310U 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.
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
4960
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
4930
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
4905
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
4855
AMD Ryzen 7 4700 AMD Ryzen 7 4700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4834

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.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
21988
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
21955
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
21910
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
21882
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
21862
Intel Core i9-10910 Intel Core i9-10910
10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
21840
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
21822

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.
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
163.8
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
165.4
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
167.6
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
169.7
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
174
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
174
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
182

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 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
5676
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5658
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
5658
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
5640
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5622
Intel Core i7-10700KF Intel Core i7-10700KF
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5614
Intel Core i7-10700K Intel Core i7-10700K
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5614

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.
Intel Core i7-7700K Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
200
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
200
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
198
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
197
Intel Core i3-10300 Intel Core i3-10300
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
197
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
197
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
197

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.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2144
Intel Core i9-10900T Intel Core i9-10900T
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz
2136
Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
16C 32T @ 2.40 GHz
2124
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
2114
AMD Ryzen 7 4700 AMD Ryzen 7 4700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
2114
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
2114
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
2114

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