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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-9900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i3-9100 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-9100 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-9900KF is 129 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-9100.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900KF
- Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i3-9100 - 131 vs 120 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100 - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-9100
- Up to 44% cheaper than Core i9-9900KF - £166.66 vs £298.66
- Up to 39% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i9-9900KF - £1.39 vs £2.28 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900KF - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9900KF doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
131
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.28/FPS
60%
Price, £
£298.66
55%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i9-9900KF processor (16M cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
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Core i3-9100
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
FPS
120
91%
Value, £/FPS
£1.39/FPS
100%
Price, £
£166.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i3-9100 Retail - (1151/8 Core/3.60GHz/6MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics) - BX80684I39100
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In Stock
Updated 11657 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i3-9100
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900KF | vs | Intel Core i3-9100 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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