Core i9 10900
Intel desktop processor · Core i 10th gen · launched April 2020
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i9 10900 launched at $439 in 2020. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $561 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 28% rise over 6 years. At its launch price that is 37 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2020 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 161 (middle half of runs 147–201) across 13 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #133 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #12 of 25 in the Core i 10th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 10th gen |
| Launched | April 2020 |
| Launch price | $439 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1200 |
| Cores / threads | 10 / 20 |
| Base clock | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 20 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 630 |
| Tier | 9-series |
The Intel 9-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i9 9900KF | 2019 | $463 | $599 | 157 |
| Core i9 9900 | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 129 |
| Core i9 9900T | 2019 | $439 | $568 | 104 |
| Core i9 10900X | 2019 | $590 | $764 | 202 |
| Core i9 10920X | 2019 | $689 | $892 | 252 |
| Core i9 10940X | 2019 | $784 | $1,015 | 248 |
| Core i9 10980XE | 2019 | $979 | $1,267 | 333 |
| Core i9 9900KS | 2019 | $524 | $678 | 171 |
| Core i9 10900 | 2020 | $439 | $561 | 161 |
| Core i9 10900F | 2020 | $422 | $539 | 181 |
| Core i9 10900K | 2020 | $488 | $624 | 219 |
| Core i9 10900KF | 2020 | $472 | $603 | 210 |
| Core i9 10900T | 2020 | $439 | $561 | — |
| Core i9 10900TE | 2020 | $488 | $624 | — |
| Core i9 10850K | 2020 | $453 | $579 | 220 |
| Core i9 11900 | 2021 | $439 | $536 | 176 |
Compare with
- Core i5 10600 · 2020 · $213 · 139
- Core i5 10600K · 2020 · $262 · 124
- Core i7 10700 · 2020 · $323 · 143
- Core i7 10700F · 2020 · $298 · 141
- Core i7 10700K · 2020 · $374 · 171
- Core i7 10700KF · 2020 · $349 · 166
- Core i9 10850K · 2020 · $453 · 220
- Core i9 10900F · 2020 · $422 · 181
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