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

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11600KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.