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Is the Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 6 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 6
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 9 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz, Intel Core i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 64.67
Overall Rank:
1585th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
1103rd fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
474th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $152.33 USD (2026-02-05)
| Integer Math | 27,632 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 23,847 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,901 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,142 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 136,547 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 620 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 12,132 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,568 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,450 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,291 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,940 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,701 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,843 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,582 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,679 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,640 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz | 9,851 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.39 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.95 | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz | 64.67 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz | 2,568 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3284340 - Feb 13 2026 | 10613 | |
| BL3282478 - Feb 12 2026 | 10422 | |
| BL3280442 - Feb 11 2026 | 9644 | |
| BL3280321 - Feb 11 2026 | 9775 | |
| BL3279581 - Feb 11 2026 | 10228 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz | 9,851 | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 10,643 (+8.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,197 (-6.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 10,654 (+8.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 10,364 (+5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,983 (+1.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400T @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 8,148 (-17.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 7,725 (-21.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 7,563 (-23.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,230 (-6.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,461 (-4.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,372 (-4.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-9500 | 9,073 (-7.9%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,430 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,793 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,517 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,381 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,192 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz | 1,565 |
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