Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i9-9900

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-9900 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600KF beats the Core i9-9900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900 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 i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-9900 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600KF.

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.