Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i7-9800X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700KF is faster than the Core i7-9800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.