Comparison of Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i9-10900KF

Comparison of Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i9-10900KF [S]ave

Attribute	Intel Core i9-10900KF ×	Intel Core i7-10700KF ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	Intel
Series	Intel Core i9	Intel Core i7
Model	Intel Core i9-10900KF	Intel Core i7-10700KF
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	10	8
Frequency (GHz)	3.7	3.8
CPU Threads	20	16
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	5.3	5.1
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz)	-	4.9
Turbo (10 Cores) (GHz)	4.9	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-2933	-
Max. Memory (GB)	128	128
PCIe lanes	16	16
PCIe version	3.0	3.0
ECC	-	-
Memory channels	2	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2020	2020
Technology (Nm)	14	14
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1200
Virtualization	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	20	16
Architecture	Comet Lake	Comet Lake
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
Temp junction max (°C)	100	100
TDP (PL2) (W)	-	229
TDP down (W)	95	95
TDP (PL1) (W)	125	125
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1,417	1,358
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	11,344	9,034
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	232	228
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	2,668	2,344
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)	645	524
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)	6,419	5,292
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	126	-
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)	1,382	1,309
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)	15,945	12,678