Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 6 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

7093 points
7213 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9522 points
10096 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6319 points
0.13% slightly better multitasking score
6311 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6131 points
0.41% slightly better heavy workload score
6106 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7705 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5956 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.14 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
160.34 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

184th of 1,089
177th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-11700 vs Core i5-12490F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700 is faster than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12490F outputs less heat than Core i7-11700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700. The Core i5-12490F also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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