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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900K 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 i9-14900K is 2203 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-8100.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 47% better in Rust than Core i3-8100 - 276 vs 188 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-8100 - 32 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-8100
- Up to 86% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £69.99 vs £498.0
- Up to 79% better value when playing Rust than Core i9-14900K - £0.37 vs £1.8 per FPS
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
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Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
188
68%
Value, £/FPS
£0.37/FPS
100%
Price, £
£69.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i3-8100 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/6MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
Buy for £69.99 on Amazon
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Updated 11240 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Core i3-8100
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-14900K | vs | Intel Core i3-8100 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 17th, 2023 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Raptor Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
24 | Cores | 4 |
32 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 6.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| Not Available | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-14900K or Core i3-8100
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
276 FPS
£13.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,849.96
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276 FPS
£14.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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263 FPS
£21.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
In Stock
276 FPS
£22.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£6,300
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