Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i9-10900K vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-10900K and Core i9-10900X are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.