Intel Core i9-11900F vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Core i9-11900F vs Core i7-12700K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i9-11900F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-11900F has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900F. Despite this, the Core i9-11900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.