Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core 7 240H

Core i5-11600KF vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 240H performs better than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-11600KF that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600KF. The Core 7 240H also has significantly 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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.