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

Core i7-10700K vs Core i9-10900F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900F performs better than the Core i7-10700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K 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 i7-10700K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10900F outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K 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 i9-10900F has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. The Core i9-10900F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.