Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i9-7980XE specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700KF beats the Core i9-7980XE in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700KF. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7980XE. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7980XE 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.