Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i5-11400F

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i5-11400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700KF performs better than the Core i5-11400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11400F outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.