Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-7900X

What is the difference between Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i9-7900X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1396Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1111
10844Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score10033
23946PassMark CPU Mark Rating21429
3165PassMark Single Thread Rating2610
138493DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i9-10900KProcessorIntel Core i9-7900X
3700 MHzFrequency3300 MHz
5300 MHzMaximum Frequency4300 MHz
10Cores10
20Threads20
125 WTDP140 W
Intel UHD Graphics 630GPU
Comet LakeCodenameSkylake-E/EP
Socket 1200 LGAPackageFCLGA2066

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1398Single-Core Score1111
10544Multi-Core Score10834
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Education (64-bit)
Acidanthera iMac20,2ModelGeneric
Acidanthera Mac-EE2EBD4B90B839A8MotherboardASRock X299 Taichi
Power PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i9-10900KNameIntel Core i9-7900X
1 Processor, 10 Cores, 20 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 10 Cores, 20 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 165 Stepping 5IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4
3.70 GHzBase Frequency3.30 GHz
5300 MHzMaximum Frequency4299 MHz
Socket 1200 LGAPackageSocket 2066 LGA
Comet LakeCodenameSkylake-X
32.0 KB x 10L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 10
32.0 KB x 10L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 10
256 KB x 10L2 Cache1.00 MB x 10
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache13.8 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize64.00 GB
1333 MHzFrequency1601 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4 SDRAM
2Channels4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1398Single-Core Score1111
1718Crypto Score1517
1320Integer Score1050
1512Floating Point Score 1174
1718
2.93 GB/sec
AES-XTS1517
2.59 GB/sec
1450
7.33 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)975
4.93 MB/sec
1523
72.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1260
59.6 Mpixels/sec
1243
3.51 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)873
2.46 MTE/sec
1256
1.48 MElements/sec
HTML51019
1.20 MElements/sec
1268
397.2 Krows/sec
SQLite1048
328.4 Krows/sec
1319
71.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1077
58.4 Mpixels/sec
1347
429.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1069
340.7 KB/sec
1288
10.0 Klines/sec
Clang1104
8.61 Klines/sec
1215
14.1 images/sec
Camera1063
12.3 images/sec
1341
1.68 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1023
1.28 Mpairs/sec
1381
8555.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1157
7167.6 FPS
1253
68.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur800
44.0 Mpixels/sec
1301
10.0 images/sec
Face Detection1074
8.27 images/sec
1240
30.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection983
24.2 Mpixels/sec
2428
119.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1741
85.4 Mpixels/sec
2578
35.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR2152
29.3 Mpixels/sec
1653
1.33 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1369
1.10 Mpixels/sec
1213
10.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1028
9.21 Kpixels/sec
1487
47.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1010
32.3 Words/sec
1347
52.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1095
42.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

10544Multi-Core Score10834
5636Crypto Score12377
10724Integer Score10463
10973Floating Point Score 11379
5636
9.61 GB/sec
AES-XTS12377
21.1 GB/sec
13754
69.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)11481
58.1 MB/sec
15807
747.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression14723
696.5 Mpixels/sec
4087
11.5 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)7077
20.0 MTE/sec
11624
13.6 MElements/sec
HTML59670
11.4 MElements/sec
13272
4.16 Mrows/sec
SQLite10907
3.42 Mrows/sec
11682
634.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering11744
637.4 Mpixels/sec
8765
2.73 MB/sec
Text Rendering9001
2.80 MB/sec
14075
109.7 Klines/sec
Clang11476
89.4 Klines/sec
9492
110.0 images/sec
Camera9816
113.8 images/sec
12250
15.3 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics9623
12.0 Mpairs/sec
17080
105815.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics14873
92146.1 FPS
11862
652.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur10113
555.9 Mpixels/sec
13624
104.9 images/sec
Face Detection10868
83.7 images/sec
9941
245.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection11360
280.0 Mpixels/sec
13916
682.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting15053
738.4 Mpixels/sec
20482
279.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR22079
300.8 Mpixels/sec
17577
14.1 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing16045
12.9 Mpixels/sec
11108
99.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion10639
95.3 Kpixels/sec
5233
167.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition7234
231.3 Words/sec
2837
109.6 images/sec
Machine Learning5647
218.2 images/sec