Intel Core i9-11900F Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-11900F has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 11. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q1/2021. The Intel Core i9-11900F scores 1,831 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 9,674 points.
Intel Core i9-11900F

CPU lineage

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Name: Intel Core i9-11900F
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture: Rocket Lake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 11
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-10900F
Successor: Intel Core i9-12900F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-11900F has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-11900F is 2.50 GHz (5.20 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 5.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 3.80 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 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): 65 W
TDP (PL2): 224 W / 56 s
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-11900F 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 20.00 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 1200
L2-Cache: 4.00 MB
L3-Cache: 16.00 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: Q1/2021
Release price: 422 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

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The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-11900F 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.
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
1644
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1636
Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1633
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1630
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1630
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1623
Intel Core i5-12400 Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1623

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 Xeon W-1390P Intel Xeon W-1390P
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1842
Intel Core i5-13490F Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1834
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1834
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1831
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1831
Intel Xeon W-1350 Intel Xeon W-1350
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1826
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1822

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 AMD Ryzen 7 5700
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
9782
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9780
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
9685
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9674
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9674
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
9658
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
9622

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 i7-1265U Intel Core i7-1265U
10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
2154
Intel Core i7-1265UL Intel Core i7-1265UL
10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
2154
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2151
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2148
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2148
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
2146
Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
2142

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.
Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
10062
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
10062
Intel Core i7-11700B Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10050
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10040
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10040
Intel Xeon W-1290P Intel Xeon W-1290P
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
10012
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9986

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 i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
22910
Intel Core i5-13505H Intel Core i5-13505H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
22910
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
22864
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
22830
Intel Core i9-11900 Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
22830
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
22815
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
22810

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 Core i7-11700K Intel Core i7-11700K
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6283
Intel Core i5-13400 Intel Core i5-13400
10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6282
Intel Core i5-13400F Intel Core i5-13400F
10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6282
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
6265
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6240
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
6200
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
6076

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

The Intel Core i9-11900F is the 11th generation of the Intel Core i9 series, it contains 8 cores with 16 threads and is a desktop/server processor. The processor uses the LGA 1200 socket and was released in the first quarter of 2021.

The processor has a normal core architecture, it also uses Hyperthreading and cannot be overclocked. The clock frequency for the processor is 2.50 GHz. The turbo clock speed with one core is 5.20 GHz and 3.80 GHz for the turbo clock speed with 8 cores.

The memory type for the Intel Core i9-11900F is DDR4-3200 and has a maximum memory of 128 GB. It has 2 memory channels and a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The processor has the 4th generation PCIe with 20 PCI Express lanes and uses AES-NI encryption. The Thermal Design Power (TDP) is 65 watts for parameter PL1 and 224 watts for the second parameter PL2.

The chip design is monolithic. The L2 cache is 4.00 MB and the L3 cache is 16.00 MB. The architecture is based on Rocket Lake S and it can be used on Windows 10 and 11 and Linux as the operating system. The processor has VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d virtualization technologies runs with an x86-64 (64 bit) instruction set (ISA). The ISA extensions for the processor are SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 and AVX-512. The release price for the Intel Core i9-11900F was $422.

In the Geekbench 5, 64bit (single-core) test, the processor achieves 1831 points, in Geekbench 5, 64bit (multi-core), the processor achieves 9872 points. The Monero hash rate for the Intel Core i9-11900F processor is 6.5 kH/s. In Geekbench R23 (single-core), the Intel Core i9-11900F scores 1,630 points. In the CPU-Z benchmark 17 (multi-core) it is 6,265 points. The expected PassMark CPU Mark result for the Intel Core i9-11900F is 23,571 points.



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