Intel Core i7-990X: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i7-990X is a 6-core and 12-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3470 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 676
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3733
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 7262
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1603
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 4353
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-990X
- Frequency
- 3470 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3730 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- TDP
- 130 W
- Codename
- Gulftown
- Package
- FCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 669
- Multi-Core Score
- 2104
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Model
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.Sniper
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G1.Sniper
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i7-990X
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
- Base Frequency
- 3.46 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 6
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 6
- L3 Cache
- 12.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 15.63 GB
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 669 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 649 |
| Integer Score | 691 |
| Floating Point Score | 623 |
| AES-XTS | 649 1.11 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 811 4.10 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 707 33.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 747 2.11 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 711 834.5 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 672 210.4 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 696 37.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 570 181.5 KB/sec |
| Clang | 684 5.33 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 651 7.54 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 583 729.3 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 834 5167.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 579 31.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 640 4.93 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 735 18.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1236 60.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1306 17.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 828 665.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 487 4.36 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 378 12.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 168 6.49 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2104 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1218 |
| Integer Score | 2158 |
| Floating Point Score | 2133 |
| AES-XTS | 1218 2.08 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 2517 12.7 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 2879 136.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1413 3.99 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1919 2.25 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 2625 822.5 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 2611 141.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1533 488.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 2878 22.4 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1710 19.8 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 3700 4.63 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 2508 15535.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3367 185.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 2512 19.3 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2260 55.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 3008 147.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2215 30.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 2039 1.64 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1371 12.3 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1630 52.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 774 29.9 images/sec |