Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Core i9-10900F vs Core i9-9900KS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900F beats the Core i9-9900KS in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9900KS. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900KS. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900KS. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900KS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-10900F has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. The Core i9-10900F 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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.