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

Core i7-11700F vs Core i9-10900F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900F performs better than the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-11700F has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700F. Also, the Core i9-10900F 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 i7-11700F has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11700F.

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.