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Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-10850K

Intel Core i9-10900K

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The Intel Core i9-10900K is a high-end processor for desktops with ten cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.7 and 5.3 GHz (all 10 cores up to 4.8 GHz) and can execute up to twenty threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 5.3 GHz can be only achieved below 70°C core temperature (Thermal Velocity Boost of 100 MHz).

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i9-9900K, the 10900K offers increased clock speeds and two more cores. Thanks to the free multiplicator, the CPU can also be easily overclocked (but may not have much headroom).

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

Thanks to the high Turbo Boost, the CPU is the fastest gaming CPU available at the time of announcement. Using all cores, the i9 however is slower than the top Ryzen CPUs (like the Ryzen 9 3950X) which offer more cores.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 125 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 250 Watt are consumed (PL2). In default mode these 250 Watt and therefore high clock speeds can be maintained for up to 56 seconds, however, all boards offer the option to alter these settings.

Intel Core i7-10700K

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The Intel Core i7-10700K is a high-end desktop CPU based on the Comet Lake architecture. The CPU offers 8 cores and 16 threads clocked at 3.8 - 5.1 GHz. The TDP is rated at 125 Watt (PL1) but the PL2 is set to 229 Watt for short term boosts (up to 56 seconds).

Intel Core i9-10850K

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The Intel Core i9-10850K is a high-end processor for desktops with ten cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.6 and 5.2 GHz (all 10 cores up to 4.8 GHz) and can execute up to twenty threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 5.2 GHz can be only achieved below 70°C core temperature (Thermal Velocity Boost of 100 MHz). Compared to the fastest CML-S CPU, the Core i9-10900K, the 10850K clocks 100 MHz lower (base and Turbo clocks).

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Thanks to the free multiplicator, the CPU can also be easily overclocked (but may not have much headroom).

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

Thanks to the high Turbo Boost, the CPU is a very fast gaming CPU available at the time of announcement. Using all cores, the i9 however is slower than the top Ryzen CPUs (like the Ryzen 9 3950X) which offer more cores.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 125 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 250 Watt are consumed (PL2). In default mode these 250 Watt and therefore high clock speeds can be maintained for up to 56 seconds, however, all boards offer the option to alter these settings.

ModelIntel Core i9-10900KIntel Core i7-10700KIntel Core i9-10850K
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet LakeComet LakeComet Lake-S
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-S
Intel Core i9-10900K « 3.7 - 5.3 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700K3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-107002.9 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10600K4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F2.9 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100F3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10900K3.7 - 5.3 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700K « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-107002.9 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10600K4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F2.9 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100F3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10850K « 3.6 - 5.2 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-109103.6 - 5 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i3-103203.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-101003.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock3700 - 5300 MHz3800 - 5100 MHz3600 - 5200 MHz
L1 Cache640 KB512 KB640 KB
L2 Cache2.5 MB2 MB2.5 MB
L3 Cache20 MB16 MB20 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 208 / 1610 / 20
TDP125 Watt125 Watt125 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA1200LGA12001200
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXTVB, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630
Architecturex86x86x86
$488 U.S.$400 U.S.$453 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-10900K
40.4 pt (56%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10700K
37.8 pt (52%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-10850K
40.2 pt (56%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
15821 Points (15%)
15538 Points (14%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1374 Points (58%)
1314 Points (56%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 493     avg: 516     median: 524 (58%)     max: 532 Points
496 Points (55%)
511 Points (57%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 5825     avg: 6129     median: 6181 (15%)     max: 6381 Points
4882 Points (12%)
5961 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2513     avg: 2555     median: 2533 (16%)     max: 2620 Points
2027 Points (13%)
2457 Points (16%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 206     avg: 215.7     median: 217 (65%)     max: 224 Points
208 Points (63%)
215 Points (65%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
29 Points (38%)
22.2 Points (29%)
28.1 Points (37%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.6 Points (64%)
2.4 Points (59%)
2.5 Points (61%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8127 Points (49%)
7910 Points (48%)
6829 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
59368 Points (43%)
50670 Points (37%)
58453 Points (42%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
80495 Points (56%)
64901 Points (45%)
76123 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
10625 Points (13%)
10201 Points (12%)
6828 Points (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
66.3 s (1%)
85.7 s (1%)
68.1 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.6 s (1%)
3.2 s (1%)
2.7 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
9739 Points (15%)
8469 Points (13%)
9424 Points (15%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 67252     avg: 69402     median: 69987 (40%)     max: 70968 MIPS
54050 MIPS (31%)
70932 MIPS (41%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5349     avg: 5705     median: 5811 (69%)     max: 5954 MIPS
5647 MIPS (68%)
5914 MIPS (71%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
149 fps (52%)
121 fps (42%)
146.5 fps (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
289.5 fps (67%)
269 fps (62%)
285.5 fps (66%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 18.2     avg: 19.7     median: 19.8 (35%)     max: 21 fps
16.3 fps (29%)
20.3 fps (36%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.5 GB/s (0%)
1 GB/s (0%)
1.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.6 GB/s (45%)
2 GB/s (34%)
2.5 GB/s (43%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.6 GB/s (38%)
11.2 GB/s (29%)
14.5 GB/s (38%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 167.3     avg: 178.8     median: 179 (1%)     max: 190 Seconds
217.4 Seconds (2%)
181.2 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.528     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.567 sec
0.6 sec (12%)
0.5 sec (12%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.2 s (2%)
7.6 s (2%)
7.6 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16 s (1%)
17.2 s (1%)
16.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
403.4 s (2%)
391.3 s (2%)
419.8 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 20541     avg: 21539     median: 21935 (59%)     max: 22140 Points
18064 Points (49%)
22639 Points (61%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
74951 Points (61%)
72174 Points (59%)
72388 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
75063 Points (61%)
72375 Points (59%)
72353 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
76898 Points (65%)
74085 Points (62%)
73572 Points (62%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 19766     avg: 20118     median: 20117.5 (51%)     max: 20469 Points
18637 Points (47%)
19764 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 29145     avg: 29466     median: 29447 (53%)     max: 29805 Points
24791 Points (44%)
28058 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 13028     avg: 13470     median: 13056 (55%)     max: 14326 Points
10963 Points (46%)
14278 Points (60%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1336     avg: 1404     median: 1428 (60%)     max: 1449 Points
min: 1371     avg: 1374     median: 1373.5 (58%)     max: 1376 Points
1401 Points (59%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10725     avg: 11177     median: 11393 (20%)     max: 11414 Points
min: 8911     avg: 8925     median: 8925 (16%)     max: 8939 Points
11436 Points (20%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1330     avg: 1385     median: 1385 (6%)     max: 1440 Points
1368 Points (6%)
1412 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10714     avg: 11061     median: 11060.5 (35%)     max: 11407 Points
8903 Points (28%)
11426 Points (36%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5904     avg: 6126     median: 6126 (61%)     max: 6348 Points
6247 Points (62%)
6425 Points (64%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 40236     avg: 41647     median: 41647 (46%)     max: 43058 Points
34735 Points (39%)
44146 Points (49%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 721 (1%)     max: 729 ms
747 ms (1%)
717 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 243     avg: 251     median: 255 (53%)     max: 255 Points
245 Points (51%)
253 Points (53%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
275.7 Watt (48%)
205 Watt (35%)
302.2 Watt (52%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
268.5 Watt (49%)
207.7 Watt (38%)
259.3 Watt (47%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
9.8 Points per Watt (7%)
9.8 Points per Watt (7%)
9.5 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-10900K → 100% n=41

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10700K → 90% n=41

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-10850K → 98% n=41

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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