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Intel BX8069510900X

Core i9-10900X

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

Average Bench: 85.1% (180th of 1442)

Based on 6,322 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00050657 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900X CPU @ 3.70GHz
Poor: 77%Average: 85.1% Great: 94%
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

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Very good average bench

The Intel Core i9-10900X averaged just 14.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i9-10900X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,679Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 504Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i9-10900X is just 17.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i9-10900X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 76.1Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 949Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,322 samples)
Rank 18085.1%
Min Avg Max
65.6 Memory 76.1 85.7
109 1-Core 130 144
224 2-Core 258 285
84.1% 155 Pts
Min Avg Max
438 4-Core 504 571
793 8-Core 949 1109
86.6% 727 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,428 64-Core 1,679 1,909
104% 1,679 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg)
94.7% Outstanding
Memory 77.7
1-Core 150
2-Core 299
94% 175 Pts
4-Core 597
8-Core 1,171
105% 884 Pts
64-Core 2,021
125% 2,021 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
93.9% Outstanding
Memory 77.9
1-Core 142
2-Core 287
91% 169 Pts
4-Core 588
8-Core 1,171
104% 879 Pts
64-Core 1,348
84% 1,348 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
90% Outstanding
Memory 81.8
1-Core 137
2-Core 271
89% 163 Pts
4-Core 526
8-Core 997
91% 762 Pts
64-Core 1,773
110% 1,773 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 78.2
1-Core 132
2-Core 266
86% 159 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 1,073
95% 804 Pts
64-Core 1,815
112% 1,815 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 80.5
1-Core 137
2-Core 272
89% 163 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 1,000
88% 748 Pts
64-Core 1,783
110% 1,783 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
75.3% Very good
Memory 64.5
1-Core 135
2-Core 262
82% 154 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 1,047
87% 753 Pts
64-Core 1,701
105% 1,701 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,719,520 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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System: Dell Precision 5820 Tower X-Series

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples394x
GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples120x
RTX A4000NvidiaBench 132%, 4,246 samples56x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples54x
SSD
NVMe Samsung 512GBPm9a1Bench 282%, 2,521 samples41x
NVMe Samsung 1024GBPm9a1Bench 295%, 3,554 samples39x
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc711Bench 277%, 5,603 samples31x
RAM
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 90%, 455 samples66x
KC5N22-MIE 2x16GBKingstonBench 68%, 68 samples49x
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 108%, 118 samples41x
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 Specifications

Essentials

DescriptionIntel® Core™ i9-10900X X-series Processor
Launch DateQ4'19
Processor Numberi9-10900X
# of Cores10
# of Threads20
Cache19.25 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Instruction Set ExtensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Embedded Options AvailableNo
Lithography14 nm
Clock Speed3.70 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency4.50 GHz
Bus Speed8 GT/s DMI3
Scalability1S Only
Max TDP165 W
Thermal Solution SpecificationPCG 2017X

Memory

Max Memory Size256 GB
Memory TypesDDR4-2933
Memory Channels4
Memory Bandwidth94 GB/s
ECC Memory SupportedNo

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision3
Max # of PCI Express Lanes48

Data Protection

AES New InstructionsYes

Advanced Technologies

Turbo Boost 3.0 TechYes
Virtualization Tech (VT-x)Yes
Intel 64Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® TechYes
Turbo Boost Tech2
Hyper-Threading TechYes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)Yes

Package

Max CPU Configuration1
Sockets SupportedFCLGA2066

Platform Protection

Execute Disable BitYes

 Comments

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

FRA-User
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4,573

Excellent

8 months ago.

So expensive when cheap i3 have same single core performance and multi-core is not used anywhere.

CZE-User
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3,344

Excellent

3 years ago.

5 GHz on all 10 cores with careful BIOS overclocking. I absolutely love it. Now I have single-thread performance (almost) second to none, which I need for math-heavy computation. With 10 cores and hyperthreading turned off, multicore performance is still extremely solid, but it is single-core perf with 5 GHz where this thing shines. Bought it because of the 256GB RAM support, this is a necessity for huge datasets.

BEL-User
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2,534

Good

3 years ago.

shrek was good good movie i like luke skywalker yeet

ColdSpy
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330

Good

4 years ago.

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.

vietnguyen09
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8

Excellent

4 years ago.

Maybe this CPU is not the best but it's scaleable ability bring to me so much choice to update, I plan to upgrade my gear from 16GB ram to 32GB ram for use this CPU maximum its performance

rirismoon
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4

Good

3 years ago.

OC耐性はイマイチで温度は普通 マルチコアで同時処理は優秀 将来処理不足になれば上位CPUと交換可能 （i7　3770Kとの比較で満足です）

websiteisdown
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2

Poor

4 years ago.

slower then my 7900x by far

I2obiN
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2

Excellent

3 years ago.

This thing will do 5.00GHz all core clock out of the box stable but you need to set it manually. Most people won't do this or get close to it. When it's OC'd it can hit 10900K performance levels in some places but the quad channel memory doesn't really give much of a boost over the extra 3-4 MHz extra per core you'll get on the 10900K. Single core performance wasn't great on userbench but on 3DMark the 10900X actually does pretty well. My OC was top 98% on here and top 6% in 3DMark for the 10900X so maybe I just got lucky on the silicon lottery. Some guys seem to have pushed it to 5.3GHz or 5.4GHz but I don't want to push my voltage beyond 1.35v-1.37v If you're an old x299 sucker like me who thought quad memory would be a big boost for games then I would wait for 10nm Intel and upgrade. If you have to upgrade now get a 10900K. This is a stop gap for if you're stuck on the x299 platform and you're going to wait for intel 7nm or 5nm

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