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Intel Core i3 9100F vs i3 14100F

30 out of 100
Intel Core i3 9100F
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core i3 14100F
Intel Core i3 9100F
Intel Core i3 14100F

We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 9100F against the 3.5 GHz i3 14100F. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
34.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
106.1
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14100F and 9100F
Advantages of Intel Core i3 14100F
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 4 years and 9 months later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 39.3 GB/s (105%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 71% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2429 vs 1422 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i3 9100F
vs
Core i3 14100F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i3 9100F
1422
Core i3 14100F +71%
2429
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F
4012
Core i3 14100F +121%
8880
File compression 328.4 MB/sec 882 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27.2 Klines/sec 50.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 88 pages/sec 204.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 121.2 Mpixels/sec 238.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.3 pages/sec 240.2 pages/sec
Background blur 26.7 images/sec 44.9 images/sec
Photo processing 43.1 images/sec 98.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.61 Mpixels/sec 11.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 898 & 33 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i3 9100F
2481
Core i3 14100F +52%
3774
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i3 9100F
6701
Core i3 14100F +130%
15400
Integer math 17.9 GOps/sec 45.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 35.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 61M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 11.2M Strings/sec 17.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 8.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 91.4 MBytes/sec 175.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 483 Frames/sec 1076 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8B Matrices/sec 12B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2876 & 577 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i3 9100F
52.16
Core i3 14100F +108%
108.48

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.8 PPW 8.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 61.7 PPW 153.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 103.1 PPW 265.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 0.8 PPW 1.87 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i3 9100F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-31 (Elitube)GeekBench1497 / 4340
📘 2024-08-16 (Mahdi)Cinebench 202458 / 207
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i3 9100F and i3 14100F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 23, 2019 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i3-9100F i3-14100F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 3 3200G -
Successor - Intel Core i3 14100F -
Intel CPU rating (#150th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 35x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 58 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 110 W
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (179th and 105th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i3 9100F official page Intel Core i3 14100F official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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