Intel Core i7 11700 vs i7 10700K

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 11700 against the 3.8 GHz i7 10700K. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
18.3
(Bad)
Value Index
16.3
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10700K and 11700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 750 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2143 vs 1711 points
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Around 4.2 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2143
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9325
File compression 589.1 MB/sec 647.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80 Klines/sec 76.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 169.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.1 Mpixels/sec 296.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.9 pages/sec 173 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Photo processing 65.3 images/sec 63.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 16.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1026 & 737 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20589
Integer math 79.3 GOps/sec 66.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.2 GOps/sec 41.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 54M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 36.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.6 GBytes/sec 6.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 262.6 MBytes/sec 294.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 880 Frames/sec 930 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.2B Matrices/sec 19.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3419 & 7682 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
172.16
178.9

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 5.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 143.5 PPW 67.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 316.8 PPW 148.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 1.43 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 11700
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-27 (Blikz911)Cinebench 202487 / 750
📘 2024-04-19 (Sotthy)Cinebench 202491 / 714
Intel Core i7 10700K
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-07-10 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202477 / 716
📘 2024-05-04 (Tris)Cinebench 202462 / 415

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11700 and i7 10700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 16, 2021 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Comet Lake
Model number i7-11700 i7-10700K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#175th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 38x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (118th and 138th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 3
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
0.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11700 official page Intel Core i7 10700K official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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