Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i9-9900

Core i9-10900 vs Core i9-9900 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Core i9-9900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-9900 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900. The Core i9-10900 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.