Intel Core i9-9900K: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i9-9900K is a 8-core and 16-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3600 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1314
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 8587
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 18820
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2970
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 10954
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- Frequency
- 3600 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 5000 MHz
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- TDP
- 95 W
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- Package
- Socket 1151 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1313
- Multi-Core Score
- 8615
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Model
- Generic
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z390 Taichi Ultimate
- Power Plan
- High performance
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
- Base Frequency
- 3.60 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 5000 MHz
- Package
- Socket 1151 LGA
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 8
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 8
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 8
- L3 Cache
- 16.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 32.00 GB
- Frequency
- 1600 MHz
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Channels
- 2
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1313 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1735 |
| Integer Score | 1229 |
| Floating Point Score | 1425 |
| AES-XTS | 1735 2.96 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1238 6.26 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1438 68.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1171 3.30 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 1146 1.35 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 1151 360.7 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1250 67.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1264 402.6 KB/sec |
| Clang | 1220 9.50 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1203 13.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1220 1.53 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1290 7994.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1175 64.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1165 8.97 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1207 29.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2241 109.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2464 33.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1568 1.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1174 10.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1320 42.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1406 54.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 8615 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 6630 |
| Integer Score | 8521 |
| Floating Point Score | 9150 |
| AES-XTS | 6630 11.3 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 10176 51.5 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 11966 566.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 4425 12.5 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 7643 8.97 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 9731 3.05 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 9525 516.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 7551 2.35 MB/sec |
| Clang | 9972 77.7 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 8241 95.5 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 8962 11.2 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 11729 72668.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 8993 494.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 8754 67.4 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9341 230.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 12682 622.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 19166 261.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 13381 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 9395 84.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 4884 156.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 3263 126.1 images/sec |