Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-9920X

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8255 points
8387 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8878 points
7% slightly better gaming score
8279 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8031 points
8416 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7960 points
8406 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
216.28 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9381 points
11833 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1109 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points
9487 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1399 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
32% slightly lower TDP
165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
44
175% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

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
25 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,126
141st of 1,126

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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