Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i3-1120G4. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Core i 1100G/11000U
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  11 11
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-10900KF -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-12900KF -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• CPU Threads
  16 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.9 GHz

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
  None Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 48
• Generation
  - 11
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2020
• Shader
  - 384
• Technology
  - 10 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1120G4 and Intel Core i9-11900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe lanes
  20 4
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-11900KF and Intel Core i3-1120G4 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  251 W / 56 s -
• TDP down
  95 W 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-11900KF and Intel Core i3-1120G4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Tiger Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1200 BGA 1526
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d