Intel Core i9-11900K and Core i7-11700K tested
New benchmark results of the upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPUs have emerged today on Geekbench.

The Core i9-11900K the flagship of the 11th Gen Core series that have not yet been officially released by Intel, has been spotted by @leakbench on Geekbench for the first time with a clock boost frequency over 5.28 GHz. This 8-core and 16-thread processor will be Intel’s next top SKU in the upcoming series.
Despite offering fewer cores and threads, the CPU is able to match the current-gen Core i9-10900K CPU in a multi-threaded benchmark, while offering much higher single-threaded performance. The 11900K has been tested on the Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master motherboard which apparently already supports the new processor.
Meanwhile, China-based company Colorful, which recently announced its new Z590 motherboard series, appears to be evaluating the performance of another 11th Gen Core CPU, the i7-11700K, according to another leak from the Geekbench database. Interestingly both CPUs are to offer similar core and thread configurations but the i7 series is to be offered with a lower frequency.
The 11900K has been tested with a clock speed of 5.28 GHz, which might be the actual Thermal Velocity Boost for this SKU. The software does not confirm how many cores have reached such a frequency though. The 11700K, on the other hand, has only reached 4.58 GHz maximum frequency:
Intel Core i9-11900K and Core i7-11700K Specifications, Source: Geekbench
Intel Core i9-11900K and Core i7-11700K Scores, Source: Geekbench
The CPU has scored 1892 points in the single-core benchmark. Assuming that this is a stock configuration of the processor, then we have a new top score in the Geekbench V5 ranking. So far the highest score belonged to Ryzen 9 5950X, which reportedly scores 1682 points on average. Of course, the situation is completely different when multi-core performance is considered, then the Core i9 CPU is clearly at a disadvantage.
| Geekbench V5 Performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Configuration | Single-Core | vs 11900K | Multi-Core | vs 11900K |
| Intel Core i9-11900K | 8C/16T @ 5.3 GHz | 1892 | 100% | 10934 | 100% |
| Intel Core i7-11700K | 8C/16T @ 4.4 GHz | 1551 | 82% | 8849 | 81% |
| Intel Core i9-10900K | 10C/20T @ 5.3 GHz | 1402 | 74% | 10933 | 100% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | 16C/32T @ 4.9 GHz | 1682 | 89% | 16726 | 153% |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | 8C/16T @ 4.7 GHz | 1669 | 88% | 10427 | 95% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 12C/24T @ 4.8 GHz | 1664 | 88% | 14061 | 129% |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 6C/12T @ 4.6 GHz | 1606 | 85% | 8102 | 74% |
| Intel Core i7-11370H | 4C/8T @ 4.8 GHz | 1556 | 82% | 5177 | 47% |
Intel 11th Gen Core ‘Rocket Lake-S’ Specifications
| Rumored 11th Gen Core Series Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKU | Cores / Threads | Base Clock | Single-Core Boost | All Core Boost | TDP |
| Intel 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S | |||||
| i9-11900K(F) | 8C/16T | 3.5 GHz | 5.3 GHz (TVB) | 4.8 GHz (TVB) | 125W |
| i9-11900(F) | 8C/16T | 2.5 GHz | 5.2 GHz (TVB) | 4.7 GHz (TVB) | 65W |
| i7-11700K(F) | 8C/16T | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125W |
| i7-11700(F) | 8C/16T | 2.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11600K(F) | 6C/12T | 3.9 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125W |
| i5-11600(F) | 6C/12T | 2.8 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11500(F) | 6C/12T | 2.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11400(F) | 6C/12T | 2.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65W |
| Intel 11th Gen Core Comet Lake-S | |||||
| i3-11305 | 4C/8T | 3.8 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
| i3-11105 | 4C/8T | 3.7 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
| i3-11100 | 4C/8T | 3.7 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
Source: i7-11700K via @TUM_APISAK , i7-11900K via @leakbench , Specs via @harukaze5719