Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 6 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

6719 points
7213 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
10096 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
6311 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
6106 points
0.54% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5956 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
160.34 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
7.5 MiB
274% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089
177th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9900K vs Core i5-12490F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12490F is faster than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12490F outputs less heat than Core i9-9900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900K. The Core i5-12490F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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