9th Gen
Coffee Lake RefreshGeneration Timeline
TL;DR
9th Gen (Coffee Lake Refresh) , released 2019. Features Intel UHD Graphics 630 with 24 EU. Supports H.264 , HEVC 8-bit hardware encoding.
Avg FPS
83.7
+21% vs 8th Gen
Efficiency
10.59 FPS/W
+1% vs 8th Gen
Avg Power
9.7W
Results
64
8 CPUs
Architecture
Coffee Lake Refresh
CFL-R 2019 iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Gen9.5
EU Count 24 EU
Process 14nm
Max P-Cores 8
TDP Range 35-95W
Die Layout Monolithic
Codec Support
| Codec | Encode | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 | ✓ | Most compatible, widely supported |
| HEVC 8-bit | ✓ | Better compression than H.264 |
| HEVC 10-bit | ✕ | HDR support, better gradients |
| VP9 | ✕ | YouTube/web streaming codec |
| AV1 | ✕ | Next-gen, best compression |
Benchmark Data 64 results from 8 CPUs
| Test | Avg FPS | Min | Max | FPS/Watt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| h264_1080p_cpu | 56.7 | 44.4 | 104.3 | — |
| h264_1080p | 209.5 | 60.3 | 252.7 | 25.85 |
| h264_4k | 56.3 | 17.3 | 69.5 | 7.18 |
| hevc_8bit | 75.5 | 66.4 | 81.5 | 7.59 |
| hevc_4k_10bit | 18.6 | 14.0 | 21.5 | 1.73 |
CPUs in This Generation
Top Performer i9-9900K +4 points vs i5-9500 • 10.9 FPS/W efficiency • excellent overall (75/100)
| CPU Model | Results | Avg FPS | FPS/Watt | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top i9-9900K | 5 | 105.6 | 10.86 | 75 |
| i5-9500 | 20 | 85.9 | 11.06 | 71 |
| i5-9600K | 15 | 85.0 | 10.94 | 66 |
| i7-9700 | 5 | 84.6 | — | 66 |
| i9-9900 | 5 | 89.1 | 9.38 | 58 |
| i5-9500T | 5 | 85.3 | 8.24 | 57 |
| i5-9400 | 5 | 74.4 | 10.92 | 57 |
| i5-9600T | 4 | 42.6 | — | 46 |
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