Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i9-10920X

Core i9-11900KF vs Core i9-10920X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11900KF beats the Core i9-10920X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10920X has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900KF. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900KF. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-11900KF and Core i9-10920X are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10920X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.