Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i9-7980XE benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700KF is faster than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11700KF. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700KF. 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 i9-7980XE. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7980XE CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.