Core i9 11900
Intel desktop processor · Core i 11th gen · launched March 2021
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i9 11900 launched at $439 in 2021. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $536 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 22% rise over 5 years. At its launch price that is 40 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2021 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 176 (middle half of runs 107–185) across 11 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #121 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #5 of 13 in the Core i 11th 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 11th gen |
| Launched | March 2021 |
| Launch price | $439 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1200 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 16 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 750 |
| 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 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 |
| Core i9 11900F | 2021 | $422 | $515 | — |
| Core i9 11900K | 2021 | $539 | $658 | 204 |
| Core i9 11900KF | 2021 | $513 | $626 | 189 |
| Core i9 11900T | 2021 | $439 | $536 | — |
| Core i9 11900KB | 2021 | — | — | 168 |
| Core i9 12900K | 2021 | $589 | $719 | 342 |
| Core i9 12900KF | 2021 | $564 | $689 | 337 |
Compare with
- Core i5 11500 · 2021 · $192 · 137
- Core i5 11600K · 2021 · $262 · 141
- Core i5 11600KF · 2021 · $237 · 144
- Core i5 12600K · 2021 · $289 · 219
- Core i5 12600KF · 2021 · $264 · 221
- Core i7 11700 · 2021 · $323 · 163
- Core i7 11700F · 2021 · $298 · 165
- Core i7 11700K · 2021 · $399 · 190
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