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Core i9 11900K

Intel desktop processor · Core i 11th gen · launched March 2021

Launch price
$539
≈ $658 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
204
#93 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
8 / 16
16 MB L3 cache
Rated power
125 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i9 11900K launched at $539 in 2021. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $658 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 22% rise over 5 years. At its launch price that is 38 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 204 (middle half of runs 186–218) across 132 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #93 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 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

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 11th gen
LaunchedMarch 2021
Launch price$539 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1200
Cores / threads8 / 16
Base clock3.5 GHz
Boost clock5.2 GHz
L3 cache16 MB
Rated power125 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsUHD 750
Tier9-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.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i9 10900F2020$422$539181
Core i9 10900K2020$488$624219
Core i9 10900KF2020$472$603210
Core i9 10900T2020$439$561—
Core i9 10900TE2020$488$624—
Core i9 10850K2020$453$579220
Core i9 119002021$439$536176
Core i9 11900F2021$422$515—
Core i9 11900K2021$539$658204
Core i9 11900KF2021$513$626189
Core i9 11900T2021$439$536—
Core i9 11900KB2021——168
Core i9 12900K2021$589$719342
Core i9 12900KF2021$564$689337
Core i9 129002022$489$553251
Core i9 12900F2022$464$525276

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