| Attribute |
Intel Core i9-8950HK × | 
Intel Core i5-9500 × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | Intel | Intel |
| Series | Intel Core i9 | Intel Core i5 |
| Model | Intel Core i9-8950HK | Intel Core i5-9500 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 2.9 | 3 |
| CPU Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | - |
| Overclocking | + | - |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 3.8 | 4 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| VP8 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | Decode |
| VP9 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| AVC | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| Internal Graphics | | |
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | 1.15 | 1.1 |
| Generation | 9 | 9 |
| DirectX Version | 12 | 12 |
| Execution units | 24 | 24 |
| Shader | 192 | 192 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 64 | 64 |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2017 | 2017 |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM | DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | - | 128 |
| PCIe lanes | 16 | 16 |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2018 | 2019 |
| Technology (Nm) | 14 | 14 |
| Socket | BGA 1440 | LGA 1151-2 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 12 | 9 |
| Architecture | Coffee Lake | Coffee Lake Refresh |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | - | 100 |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 65 | 65 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 442 | 422 |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 13,851 | 12,449 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1,124 | 1,168 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 5,146 | 4,736 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 211 | 182 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,269 | 1,016 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 2.52 | - |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 14 | - |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 5,418 | 4,944 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 24,075 | 21,436 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) | 43.7 | - |