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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-990X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900F is 3673 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-990X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 70% better in War Thunder than Core i7-990X - 229 vs 135 FPS
- Up to 20% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-990X - $1.05 vs $1.32 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-990X - 65 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-990X
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i9-11900F - $178.02 vs $240.0
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
229
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.05/FPS
100%
Price, $
$240
74%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
FPS
135
58.951965065502186%
Value, $/FPS
$1.32/FPS
79.54545454545455%
Price, $
$178.02
100%
Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Processor 3.46 GHz 6 Core LGA 1366 CPU - OEM
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-990X
Desktop • Feb 24th, 2011
Single-Core
565
26.024873330262555%
Multi-Core
2626
28.63373677897721%
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i7-990X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 24th, 2011 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Gulftown |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1366 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 130 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i7-990X
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
199 FPS
$5.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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199 FPS
$5.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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