Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i7-7800X

Core i7-10700K vs Core i7-7800X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700K is faster than the Core i7-7800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-7800X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7800X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7800X. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7800X 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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.