Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-11700F

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-11700F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700F performs better than the Core i5-11400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700F has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Core i7-11700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700F has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400. The Core i7-11700F also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.