INTEL CORE I7-11700K SPECS
- Center Count: 8
- String Count: 16
- Base Clock Frequency: 3.6 GHz
- Greatest Boost Clock: 5 GHz
- Opened Multiplier? : Yes
- Attachment Compatibility: Intel LGA 1200
- Lithography: 14 nm
- L3 Cache Amount: 16 MB
- Warm Design Power (TDP) Rating: 125 watts
- Coordinated Graphics: Intel Iris Xe (UHD Graphics 750)
- Coordinated Graphics Base Clock: 350 MHz
- Packaged Cooler: None
The Intel Core i7-11700K ($399 MSRP) is the eight-center, 16-string work area CPU that the Core i9-11900K ought to have been. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X generally beats it in level out the execution, yet the Core i7-11700K's sensibly cutthroat estimating (particularly on the off chance that you can discover it at a rebate) holds the challenge back from being a runaway. Clear of a significant number of the BIOS issues we ran into while testing the Core i9-11900K at dispatch, the Core i7-11700K shows that with a digit of stage development and some more forceful estimating, Intel's not out of the work area processor race right now.
Specs: No, The Other Eight-Core eleventh Gen Processor
To get going, on the off chance that you'd favor a more profound plunge into all the eleventh Generation goodness we must extra (remembering information for motherboard similarity and cost of appropriation), head on over to our survey of the Core i9-11900K leader for every one of the subtleties.
For the time being, here's the manner by which the different CPUs in the "Rocket Lake" setup shake out. (Note that for the wellbeing of clarity we've left out the low-power 35-watt "T" adaptations of these chips, which will be of interest for the most part to OEMs.)
Intel 11th Generation Core ("Rocket Lake") Desktop: The CPU Lineup
| Core i9-11900K | 8 / 16 | 3.5GHz | 5.3GHz (ABT) | 4.8GHz (TVB) | 125 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $539 | Yes |
| Core i9-11900KF | 8 / 16 | 3.5GHz | 5.3GHz (ABT) | 4.8GHz (TVB) | 125 watts | None | $513 | Yes |
| Core i9-11900 | 8 / 16 | 2.5GHz | 5.2GHz (TVB) | 4.7GHz | 65 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $439 | No |
| Core i9-11900F | 8 / 16 | 2.5GHz | 5.2GHz (TVB) | 4.7GHz | 65 watts | None | $422 | No |
| Core i7-11700K | 8 / 16 | 3.6GHz | 5.0GHz (TB3) | 4.6GHz | 125 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $399 | Yes |
| Core i7-11700KF | 8 / 16 | 3.6GHz | 5.0GHz (TB3) | 4.6GHz | 125 watts | None | $374 | Yes |
| Core i7-11700 | 8 / 16 | 2.5GHz | 4.9GHz (TB3) | 4.4GHz | 65 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $323 | No |
| Core i7-11700F | 8 / 16 | 2.5GHz | 4.9GHz (TB3) | 4.4GHz | 65 watts | None | $298 | No |
| Core i5-11600K | 6 / 12 | 3.9GHz | 4.9GHz (TB2) | 4.6GHz | 125 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $262 | Yes |
| Core i5-11600KF | 6 / 12 | 3.9GHz | 4.9GHz (TB2) | 4.6GHz | 125 watts | None | $237 | Yes |
| Core i5-11600 | 6 / 12 | 2.8GHz | 4.8GHz (TB2) | 4.3GHz | 65 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $213 | No |
| Core i5-11500 | 6 / 12 | 2.7GHz | 4.6GHz (TB2) | 4.2GHz | 65 watts | UHD Graphics 750 (Iris Xe) | $192 | No |
| Core i5-11400 | 6 / 12 | 2.6GHz | 4.4GHz (TB2) | 4.2GHz | 65 watts | UHD Graphics 730 (Iris Xe) | $182 | No |
| Core i5-11400F | 6 / 12 | 2.6GHz | 4.4GHz (TB2) | 4.2GHz | 65 watts | None | $157 | No |
How about we focus on the Core i7-11700K's situation in the stack against comparative Intel processors, just as what the contest is up to over at AMD
Intel Rocket Lake vs. AMD Ryzen: Key Top-End Chips Compared
Intel vs. Intel
| Est. Selling Price | $399 | $374 | $539 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Cache | 16MB | 16MB | 16MB |
| Base Clock | 3.60GHz | 3.80GHz | 3.5GHz |
| Boost Clock | Up to 5.0GHz | Up to 5.10GHz | Up to 5.3GHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 750 | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel UHD Graphics 750 |
| TDP Rating | 125 watts | 125 watts | 125 watts |
Intel vs. AMD
| Est. Selling Price | $399 | $299 | $449 | $549 |
| Cores | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 | 16 | 24 |
| Cache | 16MB | 32MB | 32MB | 64MB |
| Base Clock | 3.60GHz | 3.7GHz | 3.8GHz | 3.7GHz |
| Boost Clock | Up to 5.0GHz | 4.6GHz | 4.7GHz | 4.8GHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 750 | None | None | None |
| TDP Rating | 125 watts | 65 watts | 105 watts | 105 watts |
No, you're not seeing things: Intel truly has delivered two eight-center processors in its eleventh Gen stack, with the $539 right-center, 16-string Core i9-11900K (a minimization from a year ago's 10-center, 20-string Intel Core i9-10900K) coordinating with the Core i7-11700K almost spec for spec, save for contrasts in the maximum lift abilities and greatest memory clock speeds. First up is the maximum lift clock: the Core i7-11700K tops out at 5.0GHz in quite certain use situations, while the Core i9-11900K is appraised to the top at 5.3GHz (for a more point by point breakdown of how Intel is characterizing help speeds nowadays, see that audit). With respect as far as possible memory speed, Intel claims the Core i7 part is bolted to DDR4-2933 while the i9 upholds up to DDR4-3200.
In general, however, with simply those two slight contrasts between chips valued $140 separated, there's basically no situation where the Core i7-11700K isn't the better decision in case you're searching for a right-center, eleventh Gen Intel processor.
Proceeding onward to our AMD matchup, contrasting the Intel Core i7-11700K with the Editors' Choice Honor-winning Ryzen 7 5800X is a difficult task in all cases. The AMD processor outshines the Core i7-11700K in pretty much every manner aside from cost and single-center lift limits (which don't generally mean single-center successes, as you'll see underneath), including a 105-watt TDP (versus the Core i7's 125-watt rating), a bigger 32MB versus 16MB L3 store, and similarity with AMD's revered Socket AM4 (in spite of the fact that motherboard support gets spottier for 5000 Series CPUs contrasted with the more seasoned, less expensive 3000 Series).
For one territory where Intel's eleventh Generation wins, the Core i7-11700K incorporates another Intel UHD Graphics 750 coordinated designs processor (IGP). Nonetheless, in case you will depend on coordinated illustrations for gaming, we'd suggest going with a lot less expensive alternative, for example, the Core i5-11600K, which, while not dependably aggressive with AMD's Ryzen 5 3400G, actually gives a fair inspire in gaming execution contrasted with the Core i5-10600K.
At long last, Intel has no designs to incorporate a packaged cooler with its Core i7-11700K, which bodes well once you move past six-center alternatives up to the eight-center level. Yet, you'll need to factor the cooler expense into the condition, accepting you don't have an LGA1200-viable one close by as of now. For stock running, air cooling ought to do.
Testing the Core i7-11700K: Who Needs an i9, Anyway?
We tried the Core i7-11700K on an Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero (Wi-Fi) Z590 motherboard, with 16GB of G.Skill memory timed to 3,000MHz (for equivalence with our previous CPU surveys), and a Mushkin Pilot-E PCI Express 3.0 strong state boot drive matched with a Samsung SSD 860 QVO SATA auxiliary drive.
This was stuffed in an ADATA XPG Invader frame fitted with a Deepcool GamerStorm Captain 240 EX 240mm fluid cooler and an 850-watt MSI MPG A850GF power supply. For our gaming tests, we utilized an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, at Founders Edition clocks, as we have on all new standard and very good quality CPU audits.
We test processors utilizing an assortment of manufactured benchmarks that offer exclusive scores, just as certifiable tests utilizing shopper applications like 7-Zip and 3D games, for example, Far Cry 5.
Computer chip Centric Tests: A Stable Showing
Throughout the most recent few years, Intel's midrange alternatives have battled against AMD's in usefulness undertakings. That is on the grounds that with the ninth Generation Core line, Intel nixed string multiplying Hyper-Threading Technology beneath the Core i9 level. The organization reestablished it with tenth Gen and it's here again with eleventh Gen Rocket Lake.
Performance Testing: Low-End to High-End CPUs 2021
As a chip that backports Intel's 10-nanometer "Ice Lake" engineering into 14nm+++ lithography, the Core i7-11700K, similar to the remainder of eleventh Gen up until this point, battles against AMD's Ryzen 5000 Series and its 7nm chipset plan.
The Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i7-11700K in each and every benchmark we run, save for our inheritance iTunes AAC change test and (by one second) our Blender 3D model render. In spite of the fact that we expected the Intel chip to trail the AMD, the other single-center misfortunes are particularly irritated focuses given Intel's typical fortifications around there.
Concerning the chip's presentation versus the Core i9-11900K, it's a worthwhile win no matter how you look at it. Certainly, the Core i9 is consistently in front of the i7, yet not by $140 worth—off by a long shot. This is the lone eight-center Intel eleventh Generation chip you ought to consider by and large, albeit that is less an attachment for the Core i7 than a judgment of the Core i9.
Gaming at the Midrange: Intel Core i7-11700K Frame Rates With Discrete GPU
This is what we found in our bank of gaming tests with our GeForce RTX 2080 Ti card managing everything. This top-end purchaser GPU is the essential referee of execution at 4K with the entirety of the CPUs that we have spread out beneath. At 1080p goal, notwithstanding, the card moves a smidgen more and lets the CPU contrasts sparkle.
In the gaming race, AMD indeed showed that it has no expectation of giving simple successes to Intel any longer. While the Ryzen 7 5800X loses many fights to the Core i7-11700K all through our runs, the edge is very near disregard the expense of selection that the Z590 stage requests contrasted with Socket AM4.
Intel has its edge rate triumphs, certainly, yet on a worthy premise, we'd in any case suggest the Ryzen 7 5800X as the best eight-center choice for gamers on racks at the present time. On the off chance that you'll make do with six centers, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and surprisingly the Intel Core i5-11600K hit the best value/execution balance generally for work area gaming for 2021.
A Brief Look at Overclocking and Thermals
The Core i7-11700K never bested 80 degrees C in our pressure testing, which is strangely lower than the Core i5-11600K during a similar run. We checked this outcome in three separate runs, yet regardless of the condition the Core i7 consistently ran cooler than the Core i5. A bizarre outcome no doubt!
Indeed, even with a fresher BIOS introduced on our Asus Z590 motherboard since the dispatch of Intel's eleventh Gen work area chips back in March, we actually hit similar soundness gives that emerged during our endeavors to overclock both the Core i9-11900K and the Core i5-11600K. While the chip would now control on with a slight (5%) overclock applied, endeavoring to run any games or benchmarks immediately called a Blue Screen of Death.
In the event that you need to overclock an eight-center chip, the Ryzen 7 5800X and the more established Core i7-10700K are more steady wagers.
Decision: AMD Continues Its Eight-Core Reign
As a straight-up contender to Editors' Choice prize-winning CPUs like the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, Intel's Core i7-11700K can't exactly keep pace. Its more slow presentation, stage redesign prerequisite, and expanded force draw (in addition to the warmth yield that accompanies it) put in a couple of steps behind what AMD has on offer this year.
The principal selling point for this processor, as has been the situation for most other Intel eleventh Gen parts, is accessibility. Retailers' load of AMD processors stays extended as the semiconductor subs in abroad outfits like TSMC the hardest, while Intel, with its homegrown creation, has made some simpler memories filling racks through one of the greatest semiconductor deficiencies in many years. At this composition, you can not just discover a Core i7-11700K in stock at all major online outlets, you can even get one on markdown at places like Micro Center where the chip was selling for $40 under MSRP (just $360 a pop).
For the wellbeing of examination, while Amazon had the Ryzen 7 5800X back in stock at this composition, it was selling for $420—a rebate from the $449 MSRP, no doubt, yet considerably more than what you'd pay for a Core i7-11700K all alone. Estimating on the chip has faltered all over for quite a long time when you've had the option to discover it in stock.
Be that as it may, for Intel's eleventh Gen, purchasing a chip without another Z590 or lesser 500-Series-chipset motherboard just isn't an alternative, potentially deleting the worth lead the Core i7-11700K may briefly appreciate. For Z490 proprietors or those hoping to shop on rebate, the more established Core i7-10700K is as yet a fine processor by its own doing, yet the Core i7-11700K and the remainder of its age don't do what's needed to legitimize the greater expense of Z590 reception dependent on execution alone.
In the event that you need the best eight-center processor that Intel makes today, the Core i7-11700K is it. Nonetheless, just Intel followers are probably going to do that; AMD's Ryzen 7 580