Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Core i9-11900K vs Core i7-9700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11900K beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-11900K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700F outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K 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 i9-11900K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700F. 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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.