Over 1,000,000 CPUs Benchmarked
Benchmarks for the Intel Core i7-9800X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 8 Cores and 16 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA2066
Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 165 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 17 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9800X CPU @ 3.80GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 54.09
Overall Rank:
814th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
847th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
271st fastest in out of 1414 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $334.58 USD (2025-02-14)
| Integer Math | 58,741 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 36,601 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 71 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 32,991 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,340 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 259,780 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,172 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 21,629 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,572 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | $334.58 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,851 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,375 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,063 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,549 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,115 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,877 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,205 | |
| Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz | 18,096 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,722 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,622 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 218.79 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 196.93 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 149.67 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 139.78 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 120.11 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.47 | |
| Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz | 54.09 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.34 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,615 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,149 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,023 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz | 2,572 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2414645 - Feb 14 2025 | 17469 | |
| BL2413370 - Feb 14 2025 | 16458 | |
| BL2411163 - Feb 13 2025 | 17859 | |
| BL2398062 - Feb 07 2025 | 20272 | |
| BL2367826 - Jan 25 2025 | 19129 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,192 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,869 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,595 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,573 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,301 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,840 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,565 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,540 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,366 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,183 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,021 | |
| Intel Core i7-9800X @ 3.80GHz | 2,412 |
High End
Best Value
New Desktop
Single Thread
CPU Mega List
Compare
Common
AMD vs Intel