Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i7-11700K vs Core i9-9900K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700K performs better than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-11700K and Core i9-9900K have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i9-9900K outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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