Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i7-10700K

Core i5-11600 vs Core i7-10700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700K beats the Core i5-11600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-11600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600.

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