Intel Core i9-9920X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-9920X has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 9. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2066 socket and was released in Q4/2018. The Intel Core i9-9920X scores 1,174 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 12,763 points.
Intel Core i9-9920X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-9920X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i9-9920X.

Name: Intel Core i9-9920X
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 9000X (8)
Architecture: Skylake X Refresh
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 9
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-7920X
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-9920X has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-9920X is 3.50 GHz (4.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 12 / 24
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 12x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores): 4.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 165 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 92 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-9920X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 19.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

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: 1189 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-9920X 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 i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1174
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
12843
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
12834
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
12828
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
12763
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
12744
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
12732
Intel Core i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz
12703

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 i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1459
Intel Core i7-8700B Intel Core i7-8700B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1459
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
10254
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz
10239
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
14C 18T @ 4.20 GHz
10239
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
10211
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10210
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10189
Intel Xeon Gold 6150 Intel Xeon Gold 6150
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
10143

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 i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
455
Intel Core i7-9800X Intel Core i7-9800X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
455
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 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.
Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel Core i9-9900KS
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
5226
Intel Core i9-10910 Intel Core i9-10910
10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
5223
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
5222
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
5179
Intel Core i7-7820X Intel Core i7-7820X
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
5155
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
5122
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5074

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 Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
25385
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
25385
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
25337
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
25301
Intel Core i5-13600H Intel Core i5-13600H
12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
25300
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
25114
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
25010

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 i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
129
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
135.4
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
137.7
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
138
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
148
Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel Core i9-9900KS
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
148
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
155.6

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.
Intel Core i5-14400 Intel Core i5-14400
10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6631
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
6554
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
6539
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
6483
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
6455
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
6328
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
16C 32T @ 2.10 GHz
6324

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 i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 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 Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
12C 24T @ 3.40 GHz
2265
Intel Xeon W-2255 Intel Xeon W-2255
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
2265
Intel Xeon Gold 6132 Intel Xeon Gold 6132
14C 28T @ 2.90 GHz
2256
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
2245
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2245
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2245
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
2228

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