Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core i9-11900K

Core i7-8086K vs Core i9-11900K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900K is faster than the Core i7-8086K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8086K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8086K. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8086K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900K. Despite this, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8086K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-11900K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-11900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8086K. The Core i9-11900K also has slightly more 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.