Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2018
Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Core i7-6850K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / May 2016
Intel Core i7-6850K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    123%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    110%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    155%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-9100F

10% higher single threaded performance.
75 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6850K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 55% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-6850K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6850K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsBroadwell-E
Release DateApr 2018vsMay 2016

Cores

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs32 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6MB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-9100FIntel Core i7-6850K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-9100F
    17280 points
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    29030 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-9100F (simulated)
    180.83
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    164

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-9100F (simulated)
    768.86
  • Intel Core i7-6850K
    1195

points - higher is better