Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6105 points

4% slightly better overall score

5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7952 points

9364 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5494 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5338 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.10 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7287 points

9679 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points

2417 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

14 MiB

599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

246th of 1,089

265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9900 vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 258V 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.