Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i9-9900KF specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900KF performs better than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-11700KF and Core i9-9900KF have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i9-9900KF outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.