Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i9-11900H

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i9-11900H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700KF performs better than the Core i9-11900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900H 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11900H outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF thanks to a significantly 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.