Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i7-10700

Core i5-11600 vs Core i7-10700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i5-11600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600.

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 i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.