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Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i9-9900

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 76 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 76 %

Intel Core i9-9900

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,547 pts

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,284 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

14,732 pts

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

12,205 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

2,213

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,637

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,731

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

7,619

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

612 cb

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

518 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,794

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,292

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

5,709 cb

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

4,346 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,765

8C / 16T · 4.00 GHz

8,047

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

6,240

8C / 16T · 3.10 GHz

5,010

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700KF	Intel Core i9-10900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	8x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.00 GHz	5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.50 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core i9-9900
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2021	Q2/2019
Release price	323 $	550 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-11700KF is 4.7 stars (16 ratings), while Intel Core i9-9900 has received 4.5 stars (21 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-9900
8C / 16T · 3.10 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★