HEXUS Bang4Buck and Bang4Watt
The performance benchmarks on the previous pages tell part of the story, but it is always fun to add some Bang4Buck metrics into the mix. Do be aware that there are many methods of calculating such results - different benchmarks will skew the outcome, and prices can both fluctuate daily and vary wildly depending on region.
We've chosen to use the multi-threaded Cinebench R20 test as a basis for our results, and pricing was taken from Newegg.com, or SRP pricing, as on October 13, 2020.
These scores simply divide the Cinebench R20 score by the dollar price at Newegg.com on October 12, 2020.
The Core i9-10850K does better than the 10900K because, as we alluded to on the first page, it costs a lot less - $480 vs. $600. Even so, multi-core performance isn't its strongest suit.
This graph divides the same Cinebench result with the system-wide power consumption we observe during evaluation.
Matters look up here. It's actually the best of the Intel bunch, offering over 6,000 marks with not much more than 220W at the wall.
This metric takes 22.03 as the ceiling for Bang4Buck, and 46.71 for Bang4Watt, and combines them into a weighted score where a maximum of 2 is possible.
Credit where some is due, Intel has seen the poor value and stock shortage of the 10900K and addressed it to a reasonable degree with the 10850K. Its street pricing and power consumption is what the 10900K's should have been at launch, frankly.