Intel Core i9-9900KF

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 9000
Family
Intel Core i9
Generation
9
Name
Intel Core i9-9900KF
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i9-10900KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
8
CPU Threads
16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
5 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
4.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None
Graphics verification source
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
No
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
128 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-2666
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
95 W
TDP (PL2)
119 W / 28 s
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Coffee Lake S Refresh
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
16 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2019
Socket
LGA 1151-2
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

143 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

107 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

95 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

95 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

37 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

107 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

191 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

169 place
Monero Hashrate kH/s

52 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

33 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

3 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

89 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

1 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

74 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

144 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i9-9900KF with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1284

Intel Core i9-9900KF

1294

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1286

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

12450

Intel Core i9-9900KF

12704

Intel Core i9-9900KS

12678

Intel Core i7-10700K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

518

Intel Core i9-9900KF

524

Intel Core i7-10700K

522

AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

4995

Intel Core i9-9900KF

5051

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

5002

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

219

Intel Core i9-9900KF

228

Intel Core i7-10700K

228

Intel Core i7-10700KF

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

2245

Intel Core i9-9900KF

2265

Intel Xeon Platinum 8158

2265

Intel Xeon W-2255

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1342

Intel Core i9-9900KF

1355

Intel Core i5-1135G7

1354

Intel Core i5-10600K

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

8779

Intel Core i9-9900KF

8945

Intel Core i7-10700

8916

Intel Core i7-7820X

All the benchmark results

Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

5.75 kH/s

Intel Core i9-9900KF

6 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

6 kH/s

Intel Core i7-11700K

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

165.4 s

Intel Core i9-9900KF

160.8 s

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

160.8 s

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

6250

Intel Core i9-9900KF

6926

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

6918

AMD Ryzen 9 3900

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

35769

Intel Core i9-9900KF

36710

Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2

36612

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

2.61

Intel Core i9-9900KF

2.61

Intel Core i7-8086K

2.61

Intel Core i9-9900

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

21.2

Intel Core i9-9900KF

21.85

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

21.23

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

20192

Intel Core i9-9900KF

20258

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

20221

AMD Epyc 7401

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark