Poor | Average | Good | Excellent | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Processor lithography | 14 nm Best: HP AMD EPYC 7702 Processor lithography: 7 nm | |||
Number of cores | 8 Best: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290 Number of cores: 72 | |||
Clock speed | 4 GHz Best: AMD FX 9590 Clock speed: 4.7 GHz | |||
Max turbo speed | 5 GHz Best: Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609 Max turbo speed: 24 GHz |
Processor socket | LGA 1151 |
---|---|
Component for | PC |
Operating modes | 64-bit |
On-board graphics adapter | yes |
---|---|
Type | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
On-board graphics adapter base frequency | 350.0 MHz |
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version | 12.0 |
Cooler included | no |
---|---|
Thermal specification | 212.0 °F |
Clock speed | 4.0 GHz |
---|---|
Max turbo speed | 5.0 GHz |
Number of cores | 8 |
Number of threads | 16 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 127.0 W |
Processor lithography | 0.0 in |
Idle states | yes |
Cache | 16 MB |
---|---|
Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 2666.0 MHz |
Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 128.0 GB |
Memory types supported by processor | DDR4 SDRAM |
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max) | 41.6 GB/s |
Memory channels | Dual |
Thermal monitoring technologies | yes |
---|---|
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 16 |
Supported instruction sets |
|
Execute disable bit | yes |
Scalability | 1S |
Intel's Core i9-9900KS arrives with impressive gaming performance.
Intel's all-5GHz Core i9-9900KS Special Edition steals the "best gaming" CPU title from its own predecessor. But the world wasn't necessarily asking for more frames.
With competition in the CPU market proving to be fiercer than ever, Intel has decided to haul out some big guns. "Big guns" in this case refers to eight cores running at 5GHz a piece. This comes to us in the form of the Core i9-9900KS, and you can join us as we pit it against the rest of our...
A new price cut helps consolidate the Intel Core i9-9900K as the go-to powerhouse processor for gaming and creative tasks
The Core i9-9900KS is Intel's new consumer flagship processor. It runs at 5 GHz boost no matter how many cores are active, which translates into 10% application performance gained over the 9900K. Gaming performance is improved too, but pricing is high, especially compared to what AMD is offering.
The Digital Foundry review of the Intel Core i9 9900KS including synthetic and gaming performance tests.
Intel claims its Core i9-9900KS is the CPU you need to build the world's fastest gaming PC. Let's take a close look at those claims.
Intel launched today the "new" Core i9-9900KS processor which appears to be a pointless release, similar to the Core i7-8086K that we never bothered to look at....
Intel has released its flagship desktop processor in the non-HEDT segment. The 9900KS is their most premium Coffee Lake-S eight-core processor that has been discussed so abundantly. This little beast ... Introduction
One odd CPU
The Intel Core i9-9900KS adds a booster rocket to one of the fastest gaming processors out there, but at a cost that most gamers don't need to pay to get the most out of their machines.
Packing 5GHz on all cores, the Core i9-9900KS is the new king of gaming CPUs.
Intel has been talking about its Core i9-9900KS, which boasts and impressive all-core turbo frequency of 5GHz, for months and we have finally put it
The Core i9-9900KS can boost to 5.0GHz on all cores, but is it the best gaming CPU you can buy?
EPYC 7351
Ryzen ThreadRipper 2970WX
Ryzen 5 3400G
A12 9800E
Opteron 6320
Opteron 2431