Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Core i7-11700 vs Core i9-9900KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700 beats the Core i9-9900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-9900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.