Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake CPU Review

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Power Consumption

Power consumption is something that you should be aware of with regards to processors as someone is going to be paying the electric bill. The processors that we have tested have a wide range of TDPs that you can find in the bullet list below.

  • AMD Ryzen TR 3970X 280W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen TR 2990WX 250W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen TR 1950X – 180W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 105W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 105W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X – 105W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 105W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X – 65W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 65W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 95W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X – 65W TDP
  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100 – 65W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE 165W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-11900K – 125W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-10900K – 125W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-10600K – 125W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-9900KS 127W TDP
  • Intel Core i9-9900K 95W TDP
  • Intel Core i7-9700K – 95W TDP
  • Intel Core i5-9600K – 95W TDP
  • Intel Core i5-9400F 65W TDP
  • Intel Core i3-9100 65W TDP
  • Intel Core i7-8700K 95W TDP
  • Intel Core i5-8400K 65W TDP

The Intel Core i9-11900K was tested using using CPU limits imposed by Intel in the BIOS. The new Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake processor topped out at 275 Watts in three runs of Cinebench R20. The Intel Core i9-10900K reached 283 Watts at the peak value in Cinebench R20 on the same exact motherboard. These two processors have the same TDP and when the Intel CPU limits are in place the power consumption is virtually the same.