Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core i9-10900F

Core i7-10700F vs Core i9-10900F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900F beats the Core i7-10700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-10700F that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700F. The Core i9-10900F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.