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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900K outperforms the cheaper Core i3-9100 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900K is 927 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-9100.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-9100
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i9-11900K - £208.88 vs £258.88
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i9-11900K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900K
- Performs up to 68% better in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Core i3-9100 - 176 vs 105 FPS
- Up to 26% better value when playing Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Core i3-9100 - £1.47 vs £1.99 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100 - 16 vs 4 threads
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i3-9100 Retail - (1151/8 Core/3.60GHz/6MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics) - BX80684I39100
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Core i9-11900K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
176
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.47/FPS
100%
Price, £
£258.88
80%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-9100
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
Core i9-11900K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-9100 | vs | Intel Core i9-11900K |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i3-9100 or Core i9-11900K
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, 1920 x 1080, Very High
126 FPS
£11.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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