Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8335 points
2% slightly better overall score
8164 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points
1% slightly better gaming score
10592 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points
0.96% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

133rd of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11900KF vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900KF performs better than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-11900KF that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900KF. The Core 7 240H 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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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