Core i9-11900KF vs Core i9-10900X

Prices and Stock
MSRP $513

Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W

Prices and Stock

Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900KF outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900KF is 514 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900X.

Advantages of Core i9-11900KF

Performs up to 11% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i9-10900X - 178 vs 160 FPS
Up to 43% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - $320.00 vs $565.00
Up to 49% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i9-10900X - $1.80 vs $3.53 per FPS
Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 125 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-10900X

Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900KF - 20 vs 16 threads

This is a free version of Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Core i9-11900KF

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

FPS

178

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.8/FPS

100%

Price, $

$320

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W

Buy for $320 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 204 minutes ago

Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

FPS

160

90%

Value, $/FPS

$3.53/FPS

51%

Price, $

$565

56%

Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)

Buy for $565 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 204 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Core i9-11900KF

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

1920 x 1080

Ultra

160

FPS

178

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

568

FPS

662

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Maximum

188

FPS

213

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

210

FPS

291

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

784

FPS

875

FPS

Valorant

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i9-11900KF

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Single-Core

2327

100%

Multi-Core

10019

100%

Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

Single-Core

1586

68%

Multi-Core

9615

96%

Core i9-11900KF	vs	Core i9-10900X
Mar 16th, 2021	Release Date	Oct 19th, 2019
Core i9	Collection	Core i9
Rocket Lake	Codename	Cascade Lake
Intel Socket 1200	Socket	Intel Socket 2066
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8	Cores	10
16	Threads	20
3.5 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz
5.3 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	4.5 GHz
125 W	TDP	165 W
14 nm	Process Size	14 nm
35.0x	Multiplier	37.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	None
Yes	Overclockable	Yes