Core i9 9900K
Intel desktop processor · Core i 9th gen · launched October 2018
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i9 9900K launched at $488 in 2018. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $643 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 32% rise over 8 years. At its launch price that is 33 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2018 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 162 (middle half of runs 149–175) across 317 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #132 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #7 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 | October 2018 |
| Launch price | $488 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base clock | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5 GHz |
| L3 cache | 16 MB |
| Rated power | 95 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 7960X | 2017 | $1,699 | $2,294 | 264 |
| Core i9 7980XE | 2017 | $1,999 | $2,699 | 378 |
| 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 |
Compare with
- Core i7 8086K · 2018 · $425 · 127
- Core i7 9700K · 2018 · $374 · 137
- Core i7 9800X · 2018 · $589 · 142
- Core i9 9820X · 2018 · $889 · 184
- Core i9 9900X · 2018 · $989 · 183
- Core i7 7800X · 2017 · $389 · 110
- Core i7 7820X · 2017 · $599 · 153
- Core i7 8700K · 2017 · $359 · 122
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