Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Core i9-9900 vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 236V performs better than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-9900 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.