intel core i7 11700 vs intel core i5 10500

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 11700 (Desktop) 8-cores against Intel Core i5 10500 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i7 11700 and Intel Core i5 10500
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 8.4 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10500

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1447
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9313
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3131
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20869
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1679
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
9708

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 11700 and core i5 10500

General

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Vendor Intel Intel
Released November 16 2021 April 30 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Comet Lake
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 4.5 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Fabrication process 14 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Memory types DDR4 DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.3 MHz 1.15 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 3
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.46 TFLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 11700 Intel Core i5 10500
Official site Intel Core i7 11700 official page Intel Core i5 10500 official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10500 or Intel Core i7 11700?