Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i7-2600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000X Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  10 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  10 4
• CPU Threads
  20 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.8 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 HD Graphics 3000
• DirectX Version
  - 10.1
• Execution units
  - 12
• Generation
  - 6
• GPU Frequency
  - 850 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1350 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Release date
  - Q1/2011
• Shader
  - 96
• Technology
  - 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2600K and Intel Core i9-10900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  48 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10900X and Intel Core i7-2600K 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
  94 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  165 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10900X and Intel Core i7-2600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Sandy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  19.25 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2011
• Socket
  LGA 2066 LGA 1155
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT