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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-11900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i3-8100 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-8100 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-11900KF is 1258 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-8100.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900KF
- Performs up to 32% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i3-8100 - 181 vs 137 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-8100 - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-8100
- Up to 67% cheaper than Core i9-11900KF - £74.99 vs £228.88
- Up to 57% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i9-11900KF - £0.55 vs £1.29 per FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i9-11900KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-11900KF doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
181
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.29/FPS
42%
Price, £
£228.88
32%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 125W
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Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
137
75%
Value, £/FPS
£0.55/FPS
100%
Price, £
£74.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i3-8100 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/6MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Updated 87 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900KF | vs | Intel Core i3-8100 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 5.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-11900KF or Core i3-8100
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
149 FPS
£7.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,164
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179 FPS
£10.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,954.8
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138 FPS
£7.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,029.99
In Stock
149 FPS
£6.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£999.95
In Stock
131 FPS
£8.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,111.2
In Stock
161 FPS
£8.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,426.8
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160 FPS
£8.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,314
In Stock
153 FPS
£8.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,239.6
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172 FPS
£8.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,492.8
In Stock
149 FPS
£7.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,048.8
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