Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i9-10850K

Core i7-11700 vs Core i9-10850K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10850K is faster than the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10850K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-11700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10850K CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-11700 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11700.

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.