Intel Core i9-10900X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-10900X has 10 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 10. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2066 socket and was released in Q4/2019. The Intel Core i9-10900X scores 1,171 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 10,651 points.
Intel Core i9-10900X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-10900X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i9-10900X.

Name: Intel Core i9-10900X
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 10000X (4)
Architecture: Cascade Lake
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 10
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-9900X
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-10900X has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-10900X is 3.70 GHz (4.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 10 / 20
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 10x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (10 Cores): 4.50 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 256 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 93.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2933
93.8 GB/s
Max. Memory: 256 GB
Memory channels: 4 (Quad Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth: 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 165 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 94 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-10900X is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 19.25 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 2066
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 19.25 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q4/2019
Release price: 590 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-10900X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1147
Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1146
Intel Core i7-8700B Intel Core i7-8700B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1146
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1143
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1142
Intel Core i3-10100F Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1141
Intel Core i7-10750H Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1141

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
14350
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
14327
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
14327
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
14301
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
14230
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
14075
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
14072

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 i3-8350K Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1172
Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1172
Intel Core i7-8700B Intel Core i7-8700B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1172
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1171
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1169
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1169
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz
1168

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-10900 Intel Core i9-10900
10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
10744
Intel Core i9-10900F Intel Core i9-10900F
10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
10744
Intel Core i7-12700TE Intel Core i7-12700TE
12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
10689
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
10651
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
10645
Intel Xeon W-1370 Intel Xeon W-1370
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10644
Intel Xeon Gold 6130 Intel Xeon Gold 6130
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
10644

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 i9-9900T Intel Core i9-9900T
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1447
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1446
Intel Core i3-10100F Intel Core i3-10100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1446
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1445
Intel Core i9-8950HK Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1445
Intel Core i7-10610U Intel Core i7-10610U
4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1442
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1442

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 Xeon E5-1660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
8769
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 AMD Ryzen 7 5700
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8766
Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon W-2170B
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
8729
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
8727
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
8710
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8697
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8693

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 Xeon W-1290P Intel Xeon W-1290P
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
22744
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
22674
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
22534
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
22510
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
22369
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
22355
Intel Xeon Gold 6144 Intel Xeon Gold 6144
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
22306

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 i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
126
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
126
Intel Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
129
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
135.4
Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i9-7900X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
137.7
Intel Core i9-9920X Intel Core i9-9920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
138
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
148

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
6076
Intel Core i9-9900KS Intel Core i9-9900KS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
6012
Intel Core i7-6950X Intel Core i7-6950X
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
5950
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz
5948
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
5920
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
5837
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
5692

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 i7-7700K Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
200
Intel Core i7-7740X Intel Core i7-7740X
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
200
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.50 GHz
200
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
198
Intel Core i3-10300 Intel Core i3-10300
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
197
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
197
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
197

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 Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
2399
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz
2384
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
2381
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
2358
Intel Core i7-10700KF Intel Core i7-10700KF
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2344
Intel Core i7-10700K Intel Core i7-10700K
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2344
Intel Core i5-13400F Intel Core i5-13400F
10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
2336

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