Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i9-10900K

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-10900K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K 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 i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600KF.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.