Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8226 points
0.76% slightly better overall score
8164 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points
10592 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly 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
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
9.5 MiB
280% significantly more L2 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

138th of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900K vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10900K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900K. The Core 7 240H 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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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