Welcome the New 9th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors

Your desktop PC customers have something new to cheer as Intel recently announced the debut of three unlocked 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors. These feature more cores, more threads, and more performance to deliver what your customers need to take their gaming, recording, and streaming to the next level.^1,2

• Intel® Core™ i5-9600K processor for smooth gameplay and VR
• Intel® Core™ i7-9700K processor for powerful gaming, recording, and streaming
• Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processor for professional-grade performance

Take a look at some the specifications for the first wave of these highly-anticipated processors that will present great sales opportunities for your associates across a variety of customer wants and needs.

Processor SKU	Base Clock Speed (GHz)	Max Clock Speed (GHz)	Cores/ Threads	TDP	Intel® Smart Cache	PCIe Lanes	Intel® Optane™ Memory Support
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9600K processor	3.7	4.6	6/6	95W	9MB	Up to 40	Yes
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700K processor	3.6	4.9	8/8	95W	12MB	Up to 40	Yes
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processor	3.6	5.0	8/16	95W	16MB	Up to 40	Yes

Gamers, overclockers, content creators, and VR enthusiasts will enjoy unprecedented desktop performance that supports wait-free mega-tasking.^1,2

Top-Line Performance Improvements

The Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processor is dubbed the world’s best gaming processor³, but any of these 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors deliver plenty of reasons for customers to upgrade to a new device. Here are just a few:

• Up to 15 percent improved system performance compared to the previous generation and up to 40 percent compared with a 3-year-old PC.^1,4
• Up to 41 percent more frames-per-second (FPS) in mega-tasking when compared with a 3-year-old PC.^1,5
• Up to 97 percent faster video editing on Adobe Premiere* when compared with a 3-year-old PC.⁶

This latest generation especially appeals to the overclocking crowd with a new solder thermal interface material (STIM) that optimizes processor heat dissipation plus the Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility and Intel® Extreme Memory Profile tools that simplify overclocking.²

Orders are being taken now for boxed versions of 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors with the availability of integrated systems slated for later this year into the first quarter of 2019.

Other New Products from Intel

The announcement from Intel also included information on other exciting product debuts. There are seven new, scalable Intel® Core™ X-series processors featuring up to 18 cores, 36 threads, and 24.75 MB of Intel® Smart Cache. These deliver premium performance and technologies to handle the most demanding creator tasks and apps.¹

Along with this generation of Intel® Core™ processors comes the opportunity to upsell customers to motherboards supporting the new Intel® Z390 chipset. It features high-speed integrated USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectivity, plus Intel® Wireless-AC and Gigabit Wi-Fi speed support.

Thorough Training Means Improved Sales Results

Regardless of the origin of your store's customers, whether they are walk-ins or completing a shopping journey that began online, most come to your store seeking solutions recommended by knowledgeable sales associates as their final step before buying. Your sales associates need to know the details and how to translate new features and benefits to customers in a way that compels them buy.

With every new release of Intel® processors and technologies, there are details, features, and benefits that your sales associates must master in their role as expert advisors to your customers.¹ This debut of 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors is no exception.

Ensure that your associates can address customer questions and concerns thoroughly and confidently by encouraging them to participate in opportunities for product training.

The best place for all training related to Intel® products is the Intel® Retail Edge Program. Your sales team can utilize its resources anytime from any online device.

Making the Intel® Retail Edge Program the core of your associates' training schedule can lead to improved customer satisfaction with greater sales of Intel® products, including the new 9th Gen Intel® Core™ processors.

Take advantage of the excitement generated by this latest release by ensuring that your sales associates are up to speed on all the specs, features, and benefits that these advanced processors and technologies provide your customers.¹

 

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1 Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Learn more at intel.com, or from the OEM or retailer.

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. For more complete information about performance and benchmark results, visit http://www.intel.com/benchmarks.

2 Altering clock frequency or voltage may damage or reduce the useful life of the processor and other system components, and may reduce system stability and performance. Product warranties may not apply if the processor is operated beyond its specifications. Check with the manufacturers of system and components for additional details. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/overclocking-intel-processors.html.

3 As measured by in-game benchmark mode performance where available, or highest median frames per second (FPS) where benchmark mode is unavailable. PC Gaming Processors Compared:  9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K, Intel® Core™ i9-9980XE Extreme Edition, and Intel® Core™ i9-9900X X-series; 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K and i7-8086K; and AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper 2990WX, and AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper 2950X. Prices of compared products may differ.  Configurations: Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI, Memory: 4x16GB DDR4 (2666 or 2933 per highest speed of the corresponding processor), Storage: 1TB, OS: Windows* 10 RS4 Build 1803, Samsung 970 Pro SSD. Results: Intel® Core™ i9-9900K scored better on the majority of the 19 game titles tested. The Intel® Core™ i9-9900K scored the same as the Intel® Core™ i7-8700K and the Intel® Core™ i7-8086K on “Middle Earth: Shadow of War,” and scored less than the Intel® Core™ i9-9980XE Extreme Edition on “Rise of the Tomb Raider.” More detail on workloads, test methodology, and configurations available at [http://facts.pt/11u9e2]. 

Performance results are based on testing by Principled Technologies as of October 4, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure.

4 As Measured by SYSmark* 2014 SE Overall on 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K vs. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K and 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K vs. 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6700K.

5 As measured by Mega-tasking Scenario on Total War:  WARHAMMER II comparing 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K Processor vs. 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor.

6 As measured by Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro Workload comparing Intel® Core™ i9-9900K Processor vs. Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor.