Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i7-11700KF

Core i5-10600K vs Core i7-11700KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700KF beats the Core i5-10600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10600K. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600K. The Core i7-11700KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.