Intel Core i9-11900KB vs Intel Core i3-2310E

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Intel Core i9-11900KB CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-2310E
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i3-2310E

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-11900KB or Intel Core i3-2310E - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i9-11900KB has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.30 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-11900KB was released in Q2/2021.

The Intel Core i3-2310E has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-2310E was released in Q1/2011.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Intel Core i 11000H (17) CPU group Intel Core i 2000M (46)
11 Generation 2
Tiger Lake H Architecture Sandy Bridge H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-11900KB is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (5.30 GHz). The Intel Core i3-2310E has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz.

Intel Core i9-11900KB Characteristic Intel Core i3-2310E
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
5.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i9-11900KB Characteristic Intel Core i3-2310E
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
11 GPU Generation 6
10 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
32 Compute units 12
256 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 10.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-11900KB supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-2310E can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i9-11900KB Characteristic Intel Core i3-2310E
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1333
128 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC Yes
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
20.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-11900KB has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i3-2310E is 35 W.

Intel Core i9-11900KB Characteristic Intel Core i3-2310E
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
55 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-11900KB has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-2310E cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

Intel Core i9-11900KB Characteristic Intel Core i3-2310E
10 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1787 Socket BGA 1023
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2011
583 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (27%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
23151 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1846 (8%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1663 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
12264 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1878 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
2231 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
10645 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
640 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
4712 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
200 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
256 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2144 (100%)
Intel Core i3-2310E Intel Core i3-2310E
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i3-2310E
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