Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-11900H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6751 points
19% slightly better overall score
5635 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points
2% slightly better gaming score
8064 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
4910 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
4760 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7292 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6050 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
144.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
45 W
177% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
768 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

207th of 1,089
283rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
11th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700K vs Core i9-11900H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900H is faster than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900H. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11900H 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.

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.

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