Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-10900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

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

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

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  10 10
• CPU Threads
  20 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4.9 GHz 4.9 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 None
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900KF and Intel Core i9-10900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i9-10900KF 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 125 W
• TDP down
  95 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i9-10900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  20 MB 20 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1200
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d