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Is the Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1440
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.8 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 45 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 17.83
Overall Rank:
1269th fastest in multithreading out of 5059 CPUs
1038th fastest in single threading out of 5059 CPUs
305th fastest in out of 1464 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $583.00 USD (2018-04-01)
| Integer Math | 37,052 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,232 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 18,813 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 3,765 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 143,605 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 720 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 8,163 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,412 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,129 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,905 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,143 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,319 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,813 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,646 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,717 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,723 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 10,396 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,619 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.99 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.13 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 17.83 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.17 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,053 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,034 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,927 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,658 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,641 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,602 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 2,412 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,411 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2538225 - Apr 07 2025 | 11584 | |
| BL2536204 - Apr 06 2025 | 9794 | |
| BL2536166 - Apr 06 2025 | 9843 | |
| BL2527893 - Apr 03 2025 | 12456 | |
| BL2527420 - Apr 02 2025 [Overclocked] | 14056 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,699 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | 8,110 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 7,221 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,073 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 7,040 | |
| Intel Core 7 250H | 6,905 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,821 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,809 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,788 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,558 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX | 6,302 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 6,167 | |
| Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz | 1,825 |
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