Intel Core i5-10505 vs Intel Core i7-11700K

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-11700K

Price

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$ 155.99

$ 203.01 significantly less expensive

$ 359.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5099 points

7984 points

56% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7173 points

9165 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4433 points

7574 points

70% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4285 points

7434 points

73% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.57 points

208.15 points

86% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5432 points

9888 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1554 points

2246 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

338th of 1,089

149th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10505 vs Core i7-11700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K is faster than the Core i5-10505. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10505 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10505 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10505. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10505. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10505 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10505 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.