Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Intel Core i7-11700F
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2021
Intel Core i7-11700F
Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5930K

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-11700F

75 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5930K

None

Intel Core i7-11700F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-11700F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX512F
FMA3
SHA
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0
TBT 3.0
HTT
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRocket LakevsHaswell-E
Release DateMar 2021vsSep 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vs
Die Sizeunknownvs356mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-11700FIntel Core i7-5930K
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700F
    5880 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4144 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700F
    28800 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    28224 points

Points - higher is better