Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i9-9820X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9820X beats the Core i9-9900KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9900KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.