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

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i9-10900 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900 performs better than the Core i7-10700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-10700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-10700KF. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10900 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-10900 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. The Core i9-10900 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.