Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i9-10900 vs Core i9-9900K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Core i9-9900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K 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 i9-9900K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-9900K. The Core i9-10900 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.