Core i7-11700F: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core i7-11700F provides good benchmark performance at 12.96% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
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Summary
Intel started Core i7-11700F sales 16 March 2021. This is a Rocket Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1200 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
Primary details
Core i7-11700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 651 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 19.16 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Rocket Lake (2021) | |
| Release date | 16 March 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i7-11700F compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA1200 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-11700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Identity Protection | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-11700F's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 50 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-11700F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-11700F is Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 7 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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