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10 Cores, 20 Threads @3.70 GHz, 165 W.
Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.70 GHz, 95 W.
Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 71,444 user samples
6,322 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 77% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 77% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 196th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
65,122 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 102% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 81% Great: 102%
SPEED RANK: 135th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
85.1 % 93.2 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
76.1 Pts 91.4 Pts Lower memory latency.
+20%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
130 Pts 134 Pts +3%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
258 Pts 267 Pts +3%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
504 Pts 521 Pts +3%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
949 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+38%
686 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
85.7 Pts 96.4 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+12%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
144 Pts 151 Pts +5%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
285 Pts 303 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+6%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
571 Pts 597 Pts +5%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1109 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+37%
808 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,644,325 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.05 % 0.28 % Hugely higher market share.
+460%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % 82 % Much more popular.
+55%
Age
Newest
57+ Months More recent.
+12%
65+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1909 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+128%
838 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1679 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+136%
712 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q4'19 Q1'19
Cache
Cache
19.25 MB Intel® Smart Cache 9 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
4.50 GHz 4.60 GHz
Thermal Solution Specification
Thermal Solution Specification
PCG 2017X PCG 2015D (130W)
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
256 GB 128 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4-2933 DDR4-2666
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
4 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
94 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Turbo Boost Tech
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
2 2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes No
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
3 3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
48 16

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Released 25 November 2019, this Cascade Lake-X CPU is the refresh of i9-9900X. What got improved is pricing which is almost the half of the mentioned CPU and some mitigation against silicon and hardware level vulnerabilities. This CPU got improved base clock and boost clock, with each having 200MHz and 100MHz higher clock respectively. [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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My favorite CPU of all time after the Core i3-8100 that I upgraded it from, to this, the amazing Core i5-9600KF, that has no problem being soft overclocked to 4.8 GHz on all cores with no stability or heat issues. I just love it and I have been using and don't plan on upgrading it anytime soon. What a beast! [Jun '23 therealmustii]

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