Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i9-10850K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  11 10
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Core i 10000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-10900K --
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-12900K --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.30 GHz 5.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 20
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  12 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2017

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10850K and Intel Core i9-11900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i9-10850K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  251 W / 56 s 250 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  95 W 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i9-11900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Comet Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2020