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Core i9-10900K vs i7-10510U


Description
Both models i9-10900K and i7-10510U are based on Comet Lake architecture.

Comet Lake was released in 2019 as a 14nm process-refinement. These models were released as 10th generation CPUs like 10nm Ice Lake. There are model with 2 to 10 cores.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-10900K gets a score of 685.6 k points while the i7-10510U gets 190.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-10900K is 3.6 times faster than the i7-10510U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a0655
806ec
Core
Comet Lake-S
Comet Lake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
5.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1200
BGA 1528
Cores/Threads
10/20
4/8
TDP
125 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
10x32+10x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
10x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
20480 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2020
August 2019
Mean monothread perf.
80.41k points
59.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
685.65k points
190.82k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i9-10900K
i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
19.5k
17.66k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
28.01k
25.46k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.45k
6.4k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.82k
14.05k (x0.89)
TOTAL
70.79k
63.57k (x0.9)

Multithread

i9-10900K

i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
194.49k
54.45k (x0.28)
Test#2 (FP)
312.59k
84.97k (x0.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
89.14k
21.26k (x0.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.58k
8.04k (x0.64)
TOTAL
608.81k
168.72k (x0.28)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i9-10900K
i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
32.67k
22.85k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
28.49k
21.15k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.53k
4.78k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.72k
10.24k (x0.8)
TOTAL
80.41k
59.01k (x0.73)

Multithread

i9-10900K

i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
307.39k
86.08k (x0.28)
Test#2 (FP)
298.47k
79.78k (x0.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72.94k
18.26k (x0.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.85k
6.69k (x0.98)
TOTAL
685.65k
190.82k (x0.28)

Performance/W
i9-10900K
i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
2459 points/W
5739 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2388 points/W
5319 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
583 points/W
1217 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
55 points/W
446 points/W
TOTAL
5485 points/W
12721 points/W

Performance/GHz
i9-10900K
i7-10510U
Test#1 (Integers)
6282 points/GHz
4664 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5479 points/GHz
4316 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1257 points/GHz
975 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2445 points/GHz
2089 points/GHz
TOTAL
15463 points/GHz
12044 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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