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

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i9-10900K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-11700KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700KF. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-11700KF has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11700KF.

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