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Intel Core i9 11900 vs i9 10900

49 out of 100
Intel Core i9 11900
VS
42 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900
Intel Core i9 11900
Intel Core i9 10900

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 11900 with 8-cores against the 2.8 GHz i9 10900 with 10-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
23.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
14.7
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10900 and 11900
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11900
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 750 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2123 vs 1637 points
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Around 4.2 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10900
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 11900
vs
Core i9 10900

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 i9 11900 +30%
2123
Core i9 10900
1637
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 642.5 MB/sec 656.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76.8 Klines/sec 88.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 198.3 pages/sec 194 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.4 Mpixels/sec 299.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.9 pages/sec 173.3 pages/sec
Background blur 32.5 images/sec 41.3 images/sec
Photo processing 78 images/sec 66.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.3 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 202 & 943 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 11900 +13%
3372
Core i9 10900
2985
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 11900 +17%
22346
Core i9 10900
19080
Integer math 83.5 GOps/sec 77.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.8 GOps/sec 47.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33M Strings/sec 37.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.8 GBytes/sec 6.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 284.1 MBytes/sec 304.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 969 Frames/sec 897 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.6B Matrices/sec 19.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 706 & 1266 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 11900 +2%
169.01
Core i9 10900
165.34

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.5 PPW 11 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 147.7 PPW 142.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 343.8 PPW 293.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.6 PPW 2.54 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 11900
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-12-11 (barny777.prime)Cinebench 202496 / 812
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Intel Core i9 10900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 11900 and i9 10900

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 16, 2021 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Comet Lake
Model number i9-11900 i9-10900
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Successor - - Intel Core i9 11900
Intel CPU rating (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 10
P-Threads 16 20
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 28x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (111th and 139th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 3
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 11900 +40%
0.7 TFLOPS
Core i9 10900
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Graphics 750

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 11900 official page Intel Core i9 10900 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Total votes: 311

Comments

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