Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Core i7-11700F vs Core i7-9800X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700F performs better than the Core i7-9800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X 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 i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.