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Intel Core i9 10900K vs i7 11700K

43 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900K
VS
51 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700K
Intel Core i9 10900K
Intel Core i7 11700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i9 10900K with 10-cores against the 3.6 GHz i7 11700K with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (2)

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
8.1
(Bad)
Value Index
27.4
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11700K and 10900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10900K
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700K
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 750 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • 39% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2372 vs 1704 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Around 4.2 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 10900K
vs
Core i7 11700K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900K
9362
Core i7 11700K +13%
10622
File compression 653.7 MB/sec 829.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.1 Klines/sec 85.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 187.3 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 311.4 Mpixels/sec 338.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 169 pages/sec 227.4 pages/sec
Background blur 44.5 images/sec 52.3 images/sec
Photo processing 71.6 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.2 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 901 & 1062 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900K
22233
Core i7 11700K +9%
24313
Integer math 85.3 GOps/sec 86.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.1 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.2M Strings/sec 36.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 15.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 374.1 MBytes/sec 321.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1020 Frames/sec 1030 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.6B Matrices/sec 22.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4675 & 6143 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 10900K +12%
233.21
Core i7 11700K
209.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 74.9 PPW 85 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 177.9 PPW 194.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.87 PPW 1.67 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 i9 10900K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-05 (e)Cinebench 202461 / 714
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Intel Core i7 11700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-12 (TheGoodOldChipsGERMANY)Cinebench 202499 / 867
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Aaron esxboi)Cinebench 202492 / 745
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-03 (Sierra)Cinebench 202467 / 557
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-05-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202495 / 767
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-03 (Bryan Santiago)Cinebench 202490 / 775
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 10900K and i7 11700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 1, 2020 March 16, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Rocket Lake
Model number i9-10900K i7-11700K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 750
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#146th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 20 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 36x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (137th and 105th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 64
ROPs 3 32
Execution Units 24 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 10900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i7 11700K +40%
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 750 compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 10900K official page Intel Core i7 11700K official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 11700K or i9 10900K?
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johannes twickler September 14, 2021 at 03:31 PM
got a 10900k and just ordered myself a i7 10700k just because of the pci 4.0 that i need and now i can compare them side by side in rl :) and it's a newer generation so let's see what's better :)
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Rocky August 15, 2021 at 09:03 PM
I purchased 11700k instead of 10900k. Less price, similar performance, new generation
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