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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-10900F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-10900F is 194 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10980XE.
Advantages of Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-10980XE - 174 vs 173 FPS
- Up to 66% cheaper than Core i9-10980XE - $258.99 vs $755.00
- Up to 66% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-10980XE - $1.49 vs $4.36 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Core i9-10980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-10900F - 36 vs 20 threads
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
174
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.49/FPS
100%
Price, $
$258.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Intel Core i9 i9-10980XE Octadeca-core (18 Core) 3 GHz Processor - 24.75 MB Cache - 4.60 GHz Overclocking Speed - 14 nm - 165 W - 36 Threads
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i9-10980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10900F | vs | Core i9-10980XE |
|---|---|---|
Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 18 |
| 20 | Threads | 36 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i9-10900F or Core i9-10980XE
With selected game settings
147 FPS
$31.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Core i9-10980XE
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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