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Intel logo Core i9-10900
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General information Core i9-10900 Core i7-6900K
Launched Q2 2020 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Comet Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 23.1 %
Cores 10 0 % 8 20 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10900 Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 59885 0 % 55286 7.7 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 53 % 30.3 %
Benchmark Score 12861 0 % 9343 27.4 %
Single Thread Score 3024.9 0 % 2338 22.7 %
Encrypting Data 7064 MB/s 0 % 4072.2 MB/s 42.4 %
Compressing Data 305.8 MB/s 0 % 216.3 MB/s 29.3 %
String objects sorting 39198.1 thousand/s 0 % 28761 thousand/s 26.6 %
Prime numbers generation 57.2 millions/s 10.8 % 64.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 78178 millions/s 0 % 51576.5 millions/s 34 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 48475 millions/s 0 % 33290.7 millions/s 31.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10900, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i9-10900 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.6 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 212.1 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 265.2 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 331.5 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i9-10900 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.4 FPS 148.2 FPS
High settings 250.3 FPS 237.2 FPS
Medium settings 312.8 FPS 296.5 FPS
Low settings 391.0 FPS 370.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %
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