Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Core i7-11700 vs Core i7-9700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700 beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700F in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-11700 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F 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 i7-9700F 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700F. The Core i7-11700 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.