Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i9-11900K vs Core i3-1115G4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900K performs better than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900K has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-1115G4 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-11900K has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1115G4. The Core i9-11900K also has significantly 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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.