Core i3-9350KF: specs and benchmarks

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Core i3-9350KF
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 91 Watt
4.75

Core i3-9350KF provides poor benchmark performance at 4.75% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i3-9350KF sales 8 January 2019 at a recommended price of $173. This is a Coffee Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1151 processor with a TDP of 91 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

Core i3-9350KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1265
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.47
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i3
Power efficiency4.94of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date8 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$173of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier40of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size126 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-9350KF compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)91 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i3-9350KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+
Secure Key+
MPX+
Identity Protection+
SGXYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-9350KF's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i3-9350KF. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i3-9350KF 4.75

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i3-9350KF 7549

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i3-9350KF 1504

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i3-9350KF 3920

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i3-9350KF's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen 3 2300X 100.42
Core i7-7700T 100.42
Core i3-9350KF 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i3-9350KF is Ryzen 3 2300X, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i3-9350KF:

Ryzen 3 2300X 100.42
Core i3-9350KF 100

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