Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core i5-11600. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 11
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 11000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700F Intel Core i5-10600
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700F --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz 4.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.30 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-11600 and Intel Core i7-10700F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700F and Intel Core i5-11600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 154 W / 56 s
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700F and Intel Core i7-10700F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Rocket Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2021