Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i9-9920X

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8335 points
8387 points
0.62% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points
29% slightly better gaming score
8279 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points
8416 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points
8406 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points
216.28 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10199 points
11833 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2260 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1109 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9980 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9487 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1399 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
Identical
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

20
44
120% 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

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

144th of 1,126
141st of 1,126

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
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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