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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9960X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900F is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9960X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 16% better in Dota 2 than Core i9-9960X - 236 vs 203 FPS
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-9960X - $240.0 vs $1579.0
- Up to 87% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i9-9960X - $1.02 vs $7.78 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9960X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900F - 32 vs 16 threads
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
236
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.02/FPS
100%
Price, $
$240
100%
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 i9-9960X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
203
86.01694915254238%
Value, $/FPS
$7.78/FPS
13.110539845758353%
Price, $
$1579
15%
Intel BX80673I99960X Core i9-9960X X-Series Processor 16 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC7)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-9960X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i9-9960X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i9-9960X
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
193 FPS
$5.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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193 FPS
$5.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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