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Intel Core i9 10900KF vs i7 10700F

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Intel Core i9 10900KF
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Intel Core i7 10700F
Intel Core i9 10900KF
Intel Core i7 10700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i9 10900KF with 10-cores against the 2.9 GHz i7 10700F with 8-cores. 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 Index
14.7
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10700F and 10900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10900KF
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1817 vs 1664 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 10900KF
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Core i7 10700F

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 714.6 MB/sec 539.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 90.6 Klines/sec 74.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 205.5 pages/sec 154.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 319.1 Mpixels/sec 221 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 182.6 pages/sec 178.8 pages/sec
Background blur 43 images/sec 40.9 images/sec
Photo processing 78.1 images/sec 57.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.1 Mpixels/sec 14.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 574 & 1096 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900KF +38%
22161
Core i7 10700F
16095
Integer math 85.6 GOps/sec 62.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.3 GOps/sec 38.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.4M Strings/sec 31.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.4 GBytes/sec 5.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 374 MBytes/sec 252.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1014 Frames/sec 794 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.7B Matrices/sec 16.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1682 & 3165 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 10900KF +39%
230.49
Core i7 10700F
166.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 4.8 PPW 10.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 78.6 PPW 122.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 177.3 PPW 247.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.84 PPW 2.56 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 i9 10900KF
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-09 (Mr. L)Cinebench 202478 / 594
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Intel Core i7 10700F
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 10900KF and i7 10700F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Comet Lake
Model number i9-10900KF i7-10700F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Successor - Intel Core i9 14900KF - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 20 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 29x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (137th and 149th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 10900KF official page Intel Core i7 10700F official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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