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

Core i7-11700F vs Core i9-10900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700F 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X 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 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.