Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i3-9100F

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i3-9100F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Core i3-9100F. Despite this, the Core i3-9100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100F. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-9100F CPU because of its 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 i9-8950HK has more L2 cache than the Core i3-9100F. The Core i9-8950HK 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.