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Intel Core i9 14900KF vs i9 10900KF

85 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900KF
VS
44 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900KF
Intel Core i9 14900KF
Intel Core i9 10900KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900KF with 24-cores against the 3.7 GHz i9 10900KF 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

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
62.5
(Average)
Value Index
13.4
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10900KF and 14900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900KF
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • Around 43.8 GB/s (96%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 77% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3220 vs 1817 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (6 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900KF
vs
Core i9 10900KF

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 690 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7372 -
Cinebench Scores (#19th place)
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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)
Core i9 14900KF +107%
20374
Core i9 10900KF
9824
File compression 1590 MB/sec 714.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 200.6 Klines/sec 90.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 491.5 pages/sec 205.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 554.9 Mpixels/sec 319.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.7 pages/sec 182.6 pages/sec
Background blur 74.9 images/sec 43 images/sec
Photo processing 151.1 images/sec 78.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 44.2 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 908 & 574 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900KF +162%
58065
Core i9 10900KF
22161
Integer math 208.3 GOps/sec 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 151.4 GOps/sec 53.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 62M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.4M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 7.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 780.5 MBytes/sec 374 MBytes/sec
Physics 3112 Frames/sec 1014 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.5B Matrices/sec 24.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 7403 & 1682 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900KF +124%
516.28
Core i9 10900KF
230.49

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 4.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 163 PPW 78.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.5 PPW 177.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.13 PPW 1.84 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 14900KF
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-04 (muffo)Cinebench 2026690 / 7372
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Alfredo)Cinebench 2024133 / 1883
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-15 (crysis1974)Cinebench 2024135 / 2070
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-15 (crysis1974)Cinebench 2024135 / 2070
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-04 (JJ)Cinebench 2024126 / 2086
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Intel Core i9 10900KF
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-09 (Mr. L)Cinebench 202478 / 594
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900KF and i9 10900KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 16, 2023 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Comet Lake
Model number i9-14900KF i9-10900KF
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Successor - - Intel Core i9 14900KF
Intel CPU rating (9th and 197th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 10
P-Threads 16 20
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 10
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 37x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (16th and 135th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900KF official page Intel Core i9 10900KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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