Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i9-10850K

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-10850K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10850K beats the Core i5-11600KF in overall performance. 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 i9-10850K 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 slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-11600KF has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has significantly 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.