Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i7-10700F

Core i9-10850K vs Core i7-10700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10850K beats the Core i7-10700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more cores than the Core i7-10700F. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700F. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10700F outputs less heat than Core i9-10850K thanks to a significantly 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 i9-10850K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700F. The Core i9-10850K also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.