Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i9-11950H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7824 points
21% slightly better overall score
6449 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8393 points
8487 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7630 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
5818 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7561 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
5677 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

210.12 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
153.40 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
768 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
223rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
11th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900F vs Core i9-11950H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900F beats the Core i9-11950H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-11950H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11950H. Also, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11950H outputs less heat than Core i9-10900F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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