Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i9-11900H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 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

7550 points

33% slightly better overall score

5635 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

1% slightly better gaming score

8064 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

4910 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

52% significantly better heavy workload score

4760 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6050 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

144.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

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

4.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

45 W

266% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

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

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

283rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

11th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900X vs Core i9-11900H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900H performs better than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-11900H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11900H outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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