Intel Core i9 14900KF vs i9 11900KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900KF with 24-cores against the 3.5 GHz i9 11900KF with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
62.5
(Average)
Value Index
23.2
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11900KF and 14900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900KF
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 7 months later
  • Around 39.6 GB/s (79%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3220 vs 2535 points
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (6 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

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 and 189th place)

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)
20374
File compression 1590 MB/sec 741.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 200.6 Klines/sec 92.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 491.5 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 554.9 Mpixels/sec 316.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.7 pages/sec 242.6 pages/sec
Background blur 74.9 images/sec 51.7 images/sec
Photo processing 151.1 images/sec 73.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 44.2 Mpixels/sec 21 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 908 & 869 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
58065
Integer math 208.3 GOps/sec 88.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 151.4 GOps/sec 52.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.4M Strings/sec 37.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 15.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 780.5 MBytes/sec 322.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3112 Frames/sec 1024 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.5B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 7403 & 1848 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
516.28

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 6.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 163 PPW 83 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.5 PPW 196.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.13 PPW 1.71 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
Intel Core i9 11900KF
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900KF and i9 11900KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 16, 2023 March 16, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Rocket Lake
Model number i9-14900KF i9-11900KF
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X -
Successor - - Intel Core i9 14900KF
Intel CPU rating (9th and 126th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.5 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 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 35x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 16MB (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 94th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900KF official page Intel Core i9 11900KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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