Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Core i7-11700K vs Core i9-7940X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K is faster than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-11700K 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 i9-7940X. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7940X CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.