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CPU

Intel

Intel Core i5-9500F

Processor

CPU cores: 6
CPU threads: 6
Maximum boost clock: 4.4 GHz
Thermal design power: 65 W

Benchmark results

PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark10,330^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark · version unreported · threadMark2,676^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark CPU Mark · version unreported · CPU Mark10,299^* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 6
CPU threads: 6
Base clock: 3 GHz
Turbo Boost 2.0 frequency: 4.4 GHz^*
Maximum supported memory bandwidth: 41.60 GB/s^*
Reported CPU clock: 3 GHz^*
Maximum boost clock: 4.4 GHz
L3 cache: 9 MB
L2 cache: 1.5 MB
Architecture: Coffee Lake Refresh^*
Socket / package: LGA 1151
Process node: 14 nm
Chip/package TDP: 65 W^*

Cache hierarchy

L1 / total
Level
L1
Scope
total
Size
0.375 MB
L2 / total
Level
L2
Scope
total
Size
1.5 MB
L3 / total
Level
L3
Scope
total
Size
9 MB
Smart Cache / shared
Level
Smart Cache
Scope
shared
Size
9 MB
Reported cache^*
Size
9 MB^*
Level
Reported cache (level unstated)^*
Scope
Intel® Smart Cache^*

Compatible sockets

LGA 1151

Memory & storage

Memory channels: 2
Video memory type: DDR4-2666^*

Supported memory

DDR4-2666^*

CPU memory support

DDR4-2666
Variant / details
Manufacturer CPU memory-controller support; system and module configuration may limit operation.
Technology
DDR4
Transfer rate
2,666 MT/s

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 65 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 56 fields

AESTech

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

BornOnDate

Q2'19^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

Bus

8 GT/s^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

Cache

9 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

CertifiedUseConditions

PC/Client/Tablet^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ClockSpeed

3.00 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ClockSpeedMax

4.40 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

CodeNameText

Products formerly Coffee Lake^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

CoreCount

6^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

CpuId

190890^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

CpuName

Intel® Core™ i5-9500F Processor^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

DeviceProtectionTechBootGuardVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ECCMemory

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

EM64

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

Embedded

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ExecuteDisable

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ExtendedPageTables

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

HaltState

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

HyperThreading

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

IdentityProtectionTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

InstructionSet

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

InstructionSetExtensions

Intel® SSE4.1. Intel® SSE4.2. Intel® AVX2^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

Lithography

14 nm^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MarketSegment

Desktop^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MaxCPUs

1^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MaxMem

128 GB^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MaxMemoryBandwidth

41.6 GB/s^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MaxTDP

65 W^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MemoryProtectionExtensionsVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

MemoryTypes

DDR4-2666^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

NumMemoryChannels

2^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

NumPCIExpressPorts

16^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

OptaneMemorySupport

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

OSGuardTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

PackageSize

37.5mm x 37.5mm^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

PCIExpressConfigs

Up to 1x16. 2x8. 1x8+2x4^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

PCIExpressRevision

3.0^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ProcessorNumber

i5-9500F^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ProductGroup

9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ScalableSockets

1S Only^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

SecureKeyTechVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

SocketsSupported

FCLGA1151^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

SoftwareGuardExtensions

Yes with Intel® ME^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

SpeedstepTechnology

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

StableImagePlatformProgramVersion

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

StatusCodeText

Discontinued^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

TBTVersion

2.0^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ThermalJunctionRateCode

100°C^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ThermalMonitoring2Indicator

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ThermalSolutionSpecification

PCG 2015C (65W)^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

ThreadCount

6^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

TransactionalSynchronizationExtensionVersion

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

TurboBoostTech2MaxFreq

4.40 GHz^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

TXT

No^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

VTD

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

VTX

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

member: intel-cpus.csv^*
row: 357^*

Specifications 2 · 7 fields

Processor: Intel Core i5-9500F Processor^*
Status: Launched^*
Release Date: Q2'19^*
Cores: 6^*
Max Turbo Speed: 4.4^* GHz
Base Speed: 3^* GHz
Cache Size: 9^* MB

Specifications 3 · 12 fields

name: Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz^*
cores: 6^*
logicals: 1^*
samples: 53^*
price: 186^*
tdp: 65^*
date: 2019-07-01^*
socket: FCLGA1151-2^*
category: Desktop^*
speed: 3,000^*
turbo: 4,400^*
cpuCount: 1^*

Specifications 4 · 2 fields

brand: Intel^*
name: Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz^*

Specifications 5 · 8 fields

Foundry: Intel^*
Vendor: Intel^*
Product: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2019-04-23^*
Process Size (nm): 14^* nm
TDP (W): 65^* W
Freq (MHz): 3,000^* MHz

Specifications 6 · 42 fields

processor name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
turbo frequency: 4,400^*
turbo frequency: 4,400^*
cache size: 9,216^*
cache size: 9,216^*
tdp: 65^*
tdp: 65^*
price: 167^*
product line: 9th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors^*
socket: FCLGA1151^*
socket: FCLGA1151^*
memory type: DDR4-2666^*
memory type: DDR4-2666^*
cores: 6^*
cores: 6^*
manufacturer Processor benchmark result: intel^*
vertical segment: Desktop^*
vertical segment: Desktop^*
max memory size: 134,217,728^*
max memory size: 134,217,728^*
status: Launched^*
status: Launched^*
max temp: 100^*
max temp: 100^*
package size: 37.5mm x 37.5mm^*
package size: 37.5mm x 37.5mm^*
fullname: Intel Core i5-9500F Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)^*
threads: 6^*
threads: 6^*
name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
rating Processor benchmark result: 10,299^*
processor number: i5-9500F^*
processor number: i5-9500F^*
launch date: 2019-05-01^*
launch date: 2019-05-01^*
lithography: 14^*
lithography: 14^*
bus speed: 8^*
bus speed: 8^*
base frequency: 3,000^*
base frequency: 3,000^*

Specifications 7 · 12 fields

ClockSpeed: 3^* GHz
Cache: 9 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*
Bus: 8 GT/s^*
MaxTDP: 65^* W
BornOnDate: Q2'19^*
Model: Intel® Core™ i5-9500F Processor^*
Price: $167.00 - $177.00^*
MarketSegment: Desktop^*
Lithography: 14^* nm
CoreCount: 6^*
ThreadCount: 6^*
ClockSpeedMax: 4.4^* GHz

Specifications 8 · 54 fields

Recommended Customer Price

$167.00-$177.00^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Price scope: Historical source recommendation; not a current retail offer. The original currency notation is retained.^*

Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported ‡

Yes^*

Intel® AES New Instructions

Yes^*

Secure Key

Yes^*

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

Yes with Intel® ME^*

Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)

Yes^*

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

No^*

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes^*

Intel® OS Guard

Yes^*

Intel® Boot Guard

Yes^*

Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (SIPP)

No^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡

Yes^*

Total Cores

6^*

Total Threads

6^*

Processor Base Frequency

3.0^* GHz

Cache

9.0^* MB

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Cache description: Intel® Smart Cache^*
Original declaration: 9 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

Bus Speed

8^* GT/s

TDP

65^* W

Max Turbo Frequency

4.4^* GHz

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency‡

4.4^* GHz

Marketing Status

Discontinued^*

Launch Date

Q2'19^*

Embedded Options Available

No^*

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

128^* GB

Memory Types

DDR4-2666^*

Max # of Memory Channels

2^*

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6^* GB/s

ECC Memory Supported ‡

No^*

Product Collection

9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors^*

Vertical Segment

Desktop^*

Processor Number

i5-9500F^*

PCI Express Revision

3.0^*

PCI Express Configurations ‡

Up to 1x16 | 2x8 | 1x8+2x4^*

Max # of PCI Express Lanes

16^*

Scalability

1S Only^*

Lithography

14^* nm

Sockets Supported

FCLGA1151^*

Max CPU Configuration

1^*

TJUNCTION

100^* °C

Package Size

37.5mm x 37.5mm^*

Thermal Solution Specification

PCG 2015C (65W)^*

Use Conditions

PC/Client/Tablet^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

2.0^*

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

No^*

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions

Yes^*

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set

64-bit^*

Instruction Set Extensions

Intel® SSE4.1 | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2^*

Idle States

Yes^*

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes^*

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

Yes^*

Specifications 9 · 19 fields

microarchitecture

Coffee Lake Refresh^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

microarchitecture

Coffee Lake Refresh^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

microarchitecture

Coffee Lake Refresh^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

boost clock

4.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

boost clock

4.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

boost clock

4.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

3^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

Reported core clock

3^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

Reported core clock

3^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

6^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

core count

6^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

core count

6^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)

amount: 162^*
currency: USD^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*
scope: Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown^*

USD

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core i5-9500F^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core i5-9500F^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core i5-9500F^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core i5-9500F^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Specifications 10 · 12 fields

cpuName

Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

testDate

2,019^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

socket

FCLGA1151-2^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*