Intel
Intel Core i9-9900
Intel's 65 W Coffee Lake Refresh flagship for LGA1151, launched in Q2 2019: eight cores and 16 threads at up to 5.0 GHz with 16 MB of cache, UHD Graphics 630 and dual-channel DDR4-2666, as a locked-multiplier counterpart to the Core i9-9900K.
Pros
- 8 cores and 16 threads with a 5.0 GHz maximum turbo frequency
- 65 W base TDP, much lower than the 95 W Core i9-9900K
- Integrated UHD Graphics 630 removes the need for a discrete card for basic use
- 16 MB of Intel Smart Cache and support for up to 128 GB of dual-channel DDR4-2666
Cons
- Locked multiplier, so no overclocking
- 14 nm Coffee Lake design with only PCIe 3.0 and DDR4-2666 support
- Requires an LGA1151 motherboard with a 300-series chipset; discontinued by Intel
- No published benchmark results are included here
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i9-9900
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Socket
- LGA1151
- Process
- 14 nm
- Base TDP
- 65 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- No
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 3.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- iGPU clock
- 1,200 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-2666
- Max memory
- 128 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 3
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 16
Benchmarks
- PassMark
- 16,276Bottom 35%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 2,795Bottom 34%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i9-9900 good in 2026?
The Intel Core i9-9900 earns an Inno Score of 40.1/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Intel's 65 W Coffee Lake Refresh flagship for LGA1151, launched in Q2 2019: eight cores and 16 threads at up to 5.0 GHz with 16 MB of cache, UHD Graphics 630 and dual-channel DDR4-2666, as a locked-multiplier counterpart to the Core i9-9900K.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i9-9900?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 5 GHz · Socket: LGA1151
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i9-9900?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-10700, Intel Core i7-10700F, Intel Core i3-12100 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
