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Is the Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 5.0 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 60.60
Overall Rank:
1039th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
830th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
337th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $298.41 USD (2026-02-05)
| Integer Math | 66,149 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 41,013 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 46 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 36,112 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,369 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 282,839 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 930 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 18,962 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,914 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,451 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,940 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,318 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,843 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,582 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,132 |
| 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 | 122.40 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.93 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 83.91 | |
| 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 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,007 | |
| 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 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3279213 - Feb 11 2026 | 16905 | |
| BL3279037 - Feb 11 2026 | 16553 | |
| BL3278846 - Feb 11 2026 | 20160 | |
| BL5113228 - Feb 11 2026 | 15337 | |
| BL3278350 - Feb 11 2026 | 19333 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 17,445 (-3.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 16,280 (-10.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 14,072 (-22.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 13,874 (-23.3%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 18,036 (-0.3%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 21,669 (+19.8%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9820X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 20,520 (+13.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 20,197 (+11.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 20,114 (+11.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-10700F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 16,101 (-11.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-10700 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 16,047 (-11.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9900K | 22,991 (+27.1%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,518 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,380 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,196 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,779 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,044 |
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