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Is the Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1440
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.8 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 45 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: 12 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 17.79
Overall Rank:
1554th fastest in multithreading out of 5809 CPUs
1273rd fastest in single threading out of 5809 CPUs
372nd fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $583.00 USD (2018-04-01)
| Integer Math | 36,904 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,239 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 18,801 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,742 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 142,813 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 717 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 8,232 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,419 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,235 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,678 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,618 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,744 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 17,995 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,475 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,643 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,131 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,591 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 10,370 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,386 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.22 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 49.98 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.37 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 17.79 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.03 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,502 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,021 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,003 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,886 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,614 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,587 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 2,419 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,391 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3316272 - Feb 27 2026 | 10296 | |
| BL3311119 - Feb 25 2026 | 13217 | |
| BL5114054 - Feb 24 2026 | 9962 | |
| BL3303758 - Feb 22 2026 | 12154 | |
| BL5113886 - Feb 22 2026 | 11023 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,789 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,375 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,991 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,664 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,913 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,897 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,714 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,898 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,757 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 1,687 |
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