Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD A9-9420

Core i7-11700K vs A9-9420 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K performs better than the A9-9420. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A9-9420 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the A9-9420 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A9-9420. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A9-9420. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A9-9420

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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.