Core i9-9900K vs i5-9500
Description
Both models i9-9900K and i5-9500 are based on Coffee Lake architecture.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 529.3 k points while the i5-9500 gets 352.8 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.5 times faster than the i5-9500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 529.3 k points while the i5-9500 gets 352.8 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.5 times faster than the i5-9500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/6
TDP
95 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
9216 kB
Date
October 2018
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
81.91k points
73.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
529.32k points
352.84k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
5k
4.45k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
20.22k
18.43k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.54k
5.84k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.78k
12.63k (x0.92)
TOTAL
45.53k
41.34k (x0.91)
Multithread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
36.39k
24.75k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
166.55k
103.1k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.92k
32.43k (x0.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.96k
5.56k (x0.62)
TOTAL
266.82k
165.85k (x0.62)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
18.03k
16.06k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
25.98k
23.19k (x0.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.86k
6.1k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.5k
12.79k (x0.88)
TOTAL
65.37k
58.14k (x0.89)
Multithread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
131.34k
90.44k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
204.76k
131.23k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
55.74k
33.85k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.99k
5.59k (x0.62)
TOTAL
400.83k
261.11k (x0.65)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
17.98k
16.14k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
27.04k
24.18k (x0.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.63k
5.87k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.6k
12.5k (x0.92)
TOTAL
65.24k
58.69k (x0.9)
Multithread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
130.88k
92.21k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
208.5k
137.92k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.12k
33.12k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.91k
5.56k (x0.62)
TOTAL
402.41k
268.8k (x0.67)
AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
32.08k
29.17k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
28.17k
25.49k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.68k
5.84k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.98k
13.15k (x0.88)
TOTAL
81.91k
73.65k (x0.9)
Multithread
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
242.98k
166.66k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
220.16k
146.9k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.97k
34.04k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.22k
5.25k (x0.43)
TOTAL
529.32k
352.84k (x0.67)
Performance/W
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
2558 points/W
2564 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2317 points/W
2260 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
568 points/W
524 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
129 points/W
81 points/W
TOTAL
5572 points/W
5428 points/W
Performance/GHz
i9-9900K
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
6417 points/GHz
6629 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5634 points/GHz
5793 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1335 points/GHz
1327 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2996 points/GHz
2990 points/GHz
TOTAL
16382 points/GHz
16739 points/GHz
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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