Intel Core i9-10900K

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 10000
Family
Intel Core i9
Generation
10
Name
Intel Core i9-10900K
Predecessor
Intel Core i9-9900K
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i9-11900K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
10
CPU Threads
20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
5.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
4.9 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12
Execution units
24
Generation
9.5
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Turbo
1200 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
64 GB
Release date
Q4/2017
Shader
192
Technology
14 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

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

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
125 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
95 W
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Comet Lake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
20.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q2/2020
Socket
LGA 1200
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-10900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

117 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

63 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

33 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

49 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

28 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

68 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

171 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

93 place
Monero Hashrate kH/s

39 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

587 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

18 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

97 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i9-10900K with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1382

Intel Core i9-10900K

1394

Intel Core i5-11300H

1391

Intel Core i5-10600K

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

15945

Intel Core i9-10900K

16820

Intel Core i9-10850K

16211

Intel Core i9-11900K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

645

Intel Core i9-10900K

650

Intel Core i9-11900K

650

Intel Core i9-11900KF

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

6419

Intel Core i9-10900K

6768

AMD Epyc 7451

6731

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

232

Intel Core i9-10900K

245

Intel Core i5-11600KF

241

Intel Core i5-11600K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

2668

Intel Core i9-10900K

2849

Intel Core i9-7940X

2785

Intel Xeon Gold 6140

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1417

Intel Core i9-10900K

1419

Intel Core i5-1145G7

1419

Intel Core i5-1155G7

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

11344

Intel Core i9-10900K

11451

AMD Epyc 7702

11451

AMD Epyc 7702P

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Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

7 kH/s

Intel Core i9-10900K

7.5 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

7.25 kH/s

Intel Core i9-11900K

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

461 GFLOPS

Intel Core i9-10900K

480 GFLOPS

AMD A8-3800

476 GFLOPS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

126 s

Intel Core i9-10900K

120.9 s

Intel Core i9-7920X

121.7 s

Intel Core i9-7940X

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

24090

Intel Core i9-10900K

24483

Intel Xeon W-2191B

24434

Intel Xeon Platinum 8176

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.