Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core i7-10700F

Core i9-10900KF vs Core i7-10700F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900KF 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-10700F that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700F. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10700F outputs less heat than Core i9-10900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-10900KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700F. The Core i9-10900KF 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.