Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i9-7900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better 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 i9-7900X 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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