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Is the Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 10 Cores and 20 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: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz
Cores: 10 Threads: 20
Typical TDP: 165 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 10 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 10 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 10 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 19 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900X CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 69.80
Overall Rank:
640th fastest in multithreading out of 5025 CPUs
879th fastest in single threading out of 5025 CPUs
222nd fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $310.58 USD (2025-02-11)
| Integer Math | 73,006 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 45,445 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 84 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 41,007 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 7,864 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 324,693 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,331 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 26,141 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,553 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $340.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | $310.58 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,792 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,334 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,053 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,512 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,124 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,873 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz | 21,679 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,202 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,720 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,627 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.39 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 214.51 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 97.99 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.38 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz | 69.80 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.21 | |
| 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 | 4,613 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,020 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,901 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz | 2,553 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2471069 - Mar 10 2025 | 20804 | |
| BL2466369 - Mar 08 2025 | 22723 | |
| BL2434987 - Feb 23 2025 | 19057 | |
| BL2410863 - Feb 13 2025 | 22067 | |
| BL2405468 - Feb 11 2025 | 21849 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz | 21,679 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 23,093 (+6.5%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 18,202 (-16.0%) | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 18,176 (-16.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 26,322 (+21.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 22,847 (+5.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10900KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 22,427 (+3.4%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10850K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 22,188 (+2.3%) | |
| Intel Core i9-7900X @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 21,048 (-2.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 18,090 (-16.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 20,371 (-6.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 20,114 (-7.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900X | 18,678 (-13.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,193 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,434 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,857 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,580 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,531 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,297 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,830 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,723 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,606 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,512 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,459 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,445 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900X @ 3.50GHz | 2,430 |
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