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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K 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 i7-11700K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. According to our data, the Core i5-11400 and Core i7-11700K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400. The Core i7-11700K 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 i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.