Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Pentium Gold 4417U

Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Intel Core i9-11900K on one side and the Intel Pentium Gold 4417U on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, It has 8 cores, 16 threads, a maximum frequency of 5.3GHz. The second is used on the laptop segment, it has a total of 2 cores, 4 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 2.3 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15.

Specifications:

Processor	Intel Core i9-11900K	Intel Pentium Gold 4417U
Market	Desktop	Laptop
Family	Rocket Lake	Kaby Lake R
Part number(s), S-Spec	Core i9-11900K	FJ8067703282813, SRESH
Release date	Q1 2021	Q1 2019
Lithography	14 nm+++	14 nm++
Cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Turbo frequency	5.3 GHz	-
Bus speed	8 GT/s	4 GT/s
Cache memory	16 MB	2 MB
Max memory capacity	128 GB	32 GB
Memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max # of memory channels	2	2
Max memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
Max PCIe lanes	20	12
TDP	125 W	15 W
GPU integrated graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Rocket Lake)	Intel HD Graphics 610 Mobile
GPU execution units	24	12
GPU shading units	192	96
GPU base clock rate	350 MHz	300 MHz
GPU max clock rate	1200 MHz	950 MHz
GPU FP32 floating point	-	172.8 GFLOPS
Socket	LGA1200	BGA1356
CPU-Z single thread	708	248
CPU-Z multi thread	6,443	652
Cinebench R15 single thread	245	90
Cinebench R15 multi-thread	2,140	230
Cinebench R20 single thread	604	200
Cinebench R20 multi-thread	5,748	470
PassMark single thread	3,754	1,320
PassMark CPU Mark	28,072	2,300
(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core	1,808	538
(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core	9,914	1,220
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We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. The processor Intel Core i9-11900K has more cores, the maximum frequency of Intel Core i9-11900K is greater, that the thermal dissipation power of Intel Pentium Gold 4417U is less. The Intel Core i9-11900K was designed earlier.

Performances :

Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.

	CPU-Z - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i9-11900K #ad	708 6,443
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U #ad	248 652

In single core, the difference is 185%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 888%.

CPU-Z is a system information software that provides the name of the processor, its model number, the codename, the cache levels, the package, the process. It can also gives data about the mainboard, the memory. It makes real time measurement, with finally a benchmark for the single thread, as well as for the multi thread.

	Cinebench R15 - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i9-11900K #ad	245 2,140
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U #ad	90 230

In single core, the difference is 172%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 830%.

Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.

	Cinebench R20 - Multi-thread & single thread score
Intel Core i9-11900K #ad	604 5,748
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U #ad	200 470

In single core, the difference is 202%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 1123%.

Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.

	PassMark - CPU Mark & single thread
Intel Core i9-11900K #ad	3,754 28,072
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U #ad	1,320 2,300

In single core, the difference is 184%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 1121%.

PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.

On Windows:

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows
Intel Core i9-11900K #ad	1,808 9,914
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U #ad	538 1,220

In single core, the difference is 236%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 713%.

Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.

Equivalence:

Intel Core i9-11900K AMD equivalent Intel Pentium Gold 4417U AMD equivalent