Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i7-11700 vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700 performs better than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-11700. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.