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

Core i7-11700K vs Core i9-10900F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K performs better than the Core i9-10900F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-11700K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10900F outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11700K.

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.