Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i7-920

Core i7-11700 vs Core i7-920 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700 beats the Core i7-920 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-920 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-920 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-920. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-920 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-920 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-920 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700

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 i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.