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Intel Core i9-9990XE: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Core i9-9990XE sales 3 January 2019. This is a Skylake (server) architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 28 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5100 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 2066 processor with a TDP of 255 Watt. It supports DDR4 Quad-channel memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 23.93% of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Core i9-9990XE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 202 | |
| Value for money | 7.18 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | Intel Core i9 | |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | |
| Release date | 3 January 2019 (4 years old) | |
| Current price | $2163 | of 15710 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 28 | |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| Bus support | 4 × 8 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i9-9990XE compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 2066 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 255 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i9-9990XE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i9-9990XE's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Quad-channel | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85.33 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i9-9990XE.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i9-9990XE. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Core i9-9990XE performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i9-9990XE is Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i9-9990XE:
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i9-9990XE, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i9-9990XE in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 69 configurations based on Core i9-9990XE in our database.
13% (9/69)
7.2% (5/69)
5.8% (4/69)
1.4% (1/69)
15.9% (11/69)
4.3% (3/69)
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