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

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i7-10700K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700K 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 i7-10700K has slightly more cores with 8 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 slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K 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 info from our database shows that the Core i5-11600KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600KF.

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.