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Intel Core i7 4790K Cpu
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Intel Core i9 9900K Cpu
Intel Core i9 9900K
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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
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While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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General

Processor socketLGA 1150LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed4.0 GHz4.0 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.4 GHz4.2 GHz5.0 GHz
Number of cores448
Number of threads8816
Thermal Design Power (TDP)84.0 W91.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeQPIDMI2DMI3
Idle statesyesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyes
TypeIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version11.212.012.0

Memory

Cache8 MB8 MB16 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 1600
  • 2133
2666.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor32.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)25.6 GB/s34.2 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDual

Thermals

Cooler includednonono
Thermal specification165.27 °F
N/A
212.0 °F

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S

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