Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-11900KF

Core i9-10900K vs Core i9-11900KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11900KF beats the Core i9-10900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores than the Core i9-11900KF. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-11900KF has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-11900KF.

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