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Is the Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 8 Cores and 16 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
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) i9-9900KF CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i9-9900KF CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 53.41
Overall Rank:
886th fastest in multithreading out of 5135 CPUs
678th fastest in single threading out of 5135 CPUs
299th fastest in out of 1448 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $339.00 USD (2025-05-24)
| Integer Math | 65,943 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 40,995 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 47 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 36,299 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,360 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 282,675 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 935 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 19,029 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,910 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $285.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,683 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,311 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,032 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,139 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,471 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,173 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 18,108 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,708 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 234.95 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 178.65 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 174.10 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 161.94 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 143.13 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.22 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 53.41 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.92 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,140 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 2,910 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2643339 - May 22 2025 | 19199 | |
| BL2639182 - May 20 2025 | 13782 | |
| BL2638616 - May 20 2025 | 16736 | |
| BL2636964 - May 20 2025 | 2317 | |
| BL2635249 - May 19 2025 | 11955 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 18,108 | |
| Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,643 (+3.0%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,173 (+0.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 21,689 (+19.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 20,322 (+12.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 14,077 (-22.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 22,830 (+26.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 22,476 (+24.1%) | |
| Intel Core i9-7900X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 21,037 (+16.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 17,486 (-3.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-11900 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 22,442 (+23.9%) | |
| Intel Core i9-11900F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 22,227 (+22.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,165 (+0.3%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,500 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,338 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,846 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,589 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,281 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,809 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,697 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,520 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,423 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 2,198 |
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