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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-10900F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9960X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-10900F is 559 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9960X.
Advantages of Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 2% better in Elden Ring than Core i9-9960X - 124 vs 121 FPS
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i9-9960X - $616.96 vs $699.99
- Up to 14% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i9-9960X - $4.98 vs $5.79 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9960X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Core i9-9960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-10900F - 32 vs 20 threads
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
124
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.98/FPS
100%
Price, $
$616.96
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-10900F Desktop Processor for 10 Cores Up to 5.2GHz Unlocked Desktop Systems Without LGA1200 Processor Graphics (Intel® 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel BX80673I99960X Core i9-9960X X-Series Processor 16 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC7)
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i9-9960X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10900F | vs | Core i9-9960X |
|---|---|---|
Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 16 |
| 20 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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