Core i9 9900
Intel desktop processor · Core i 9th gen · launched April 2019
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i9 9900 launched at $439 in 2019. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $568 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 29% rise over 7 years. At its launch price that is 29 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2019 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 129 (middle half of runs 117–166) across 9 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #161 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #11 of 22 in the Core i 9th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 9th gen |
| Launched | April 2019 |
| Launch price | $439 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5 GHz |
| L3 cache | 16 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 630 |
| Tier | 9-series |
The Intel 9-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i9 9820X | 2018 | $889 | $1,172 | 184 |
| Core i9 9900X | 2018 | $989 | $1,303 | 183 |
| Core i9 9920X | 2018 | $1,189 | $1,567 | — |
| Core i9 9940X | 2018 | $1,387 | $1,828 | 257 |
| Core i9 9960X | 2018 | $1,684 | $2,219 | 270 |
| Core i9 9980XE | 2018 | $1,979 | $2,608 | 288 |
| Core i9 9900K | 2018 | $488 | $643 | 162 |
| Core i9 9900KF | 2019 | $463 | $599 | 157 |
| Core i9 9900 | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 129 |
| Core i9 9900T | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 104 |
| Core i9 10900X | 2019 | $590 | $764 | 202 |
| Core i9 10920X | 2019 | $689 | $892 | 252 |
| Core i9 10940X | 2019 | $784 | $1,015 | 248 |
| Core i9 10980XE | 2019 | $979 | $1,267 | 333 |
| Core i9 9900KS | 2019 | $524 | $678 | 171 |
| Core i9 10900 | 2020 | $439 | $561 | 161 |
Compare with
- Core i5 9500 · 2019 · $192 · 97
- Core i7 9700 · 2019 · $323 · 104
- Core i7 9700F · 2019 · $323 · 112
- Core i7 9700KF · 2019 · $374 · 124
- Core i9 9900KF · 2019 · $463 · 157
- Core i9 9900KS · 2019 · $524 · 171
- Core i9 9900T · 2019 · $439 · 104
- Core i5 10400 · 2020 · $182 · 110
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