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Core i7 11700

Intel desktop processor · Core i 11th gen · launched March 2021

Launch price
$323
≈ $394 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
163
#131 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
8 / 16
16 MB L3 cache
Rated power
65 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i7 11700 launched at $323 in 2021. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $394 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 22% rise over 5 years. At its launch price that is 50 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2021 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 163 (middle half of runs 132–183) across 58 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #131 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #8 of 13 in the Core i 11th gen.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 11th gen
LaunchedMarch 2021
Launch price$323 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1200
Cores / threads8 / 16
Base clock2.5 GHz
Boost clock4.9 GHz
L3 cache16 MB
Rated power65 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsUHD 750
Tier7-series

The Intel 7-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i7 97002019$323$418104
Core i7 9700F2019$323$418112
Core i7 9700T2019$323$418
Core i7 107002020$323$413143
Core i7 10700F2020$298$381141
Core i7 10700K2020$374$478171
Core i7 10700KF2020$349$446166
Core i7 10700T2020$325$41593
Core i7 117002021$323$394163
Core i7 11700F2021$298$364165
Core i7 11700K2021$399$487190
Core i7 11700KF2021$374$457180
Core i7 11700T2021$323$394
Core i7 11700B2021
Core i7 12700K2021$409$499280
Core i7 12700KF2021$384$469281

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