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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: 58.53
Overall Rank:
1012th fastest in multithreading out of 5493 CPUs
807th fastest in single threading out of 5493 CPUs
329th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $308.00 USD (2025-12-15)
| Integer Math | 65,922 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 40,946 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 47 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 36,135 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,298 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 281,682 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 931 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 18,988 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,903 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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 | $309.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,554 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,349 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,952 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,147 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,547 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,107 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 18,027 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,684 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,142 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 263.94 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 164.62 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 130.41 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 58.53 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| 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 i9-14900K | 4,697 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,889 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,677 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 2,903 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3132700 - Dec 14 2025 | 14897 | |
| BL3131572 - Dec 13 2025 | 17478 | |
| BL3129712 - Dec 13 2025 | 18940 | |
| BL3128238 - Dec 12 2025 | 19277 | |
| BL3125950 - Dec 11 2025 | 18660 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 18,027 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 17,448 (-3.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 13,876 (-23.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 23,004 (+27.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,556 (+2.9%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,107 (+0.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 16,303 (-9.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 21,646 (+20.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 20,777 (+15.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 20,227 (+12.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 20,185 (+12.0%) | |
| Intel Core i7-10700KF @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 18,377 (+1.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7820X @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KF | 17,175 (-4.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,439 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,253 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,796 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,516 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,446 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,285 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,269 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,777 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,693 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,470 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,412 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz | 2,190 |
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