intel core i9 10900 vs intel core i7 11700

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 10900 (Desktop) 10-cores against Intel Core i7 11700 (Desktop) 8-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 i9 10900 and Intel Core i7 11700
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10900
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Around 4.2 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
13450
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20869
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1679
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i9 10900 and core i7 11700

General

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 30 2020 November 16 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Rocket Lake
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 750

Performance

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Cores 10 8
Threads 20 16
Base Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5.1 GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 20 MB (shared) 16 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Fabrication process 14 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.2 MHz 1.3 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 64
ROPs 3 32
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
0.46 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i9 10900 Intel Core i7 11700
Official site Intel Core i9 10900 official page Intel Core i7 11700 official page
PCI Express Version 3 4
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 11700 or Intel Core i9 10900?