Core i7 11700K
Intel desktop processor · Core i 11th gen · launched March 2021
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 11700K launched at $399 in 2021. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $487 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 22% rise over 5 years. At its launch price that is 48 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 190 (middle half of runs 177–204) across 117 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #106 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #2 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
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 11th gen |
| Launched | March 2021 |
| Launch price | $399 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1200 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base clock | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5 GHz |
| L3 cache | 16 MB |
| Rated power | 125 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 750 |
| Tier | 7-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.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 9700T | 2019 | $323 | $418 | — |
| Core i7 10700 | 2020 | $323 | $413 | 143 |
| Core i7 10700F | 2020 | $298 | $381 | 141 |
| Core i7 10700K | 2020 | $374 | $478 | 171 |
| Core i7 10700KF | 2020 | $349 | $446 | 166 |
| Core i7 10700T | 2020 | $325 | $415 | 93 |
| Core i7 11700 | 2021 | $323 | $394 | 163 |
| Core i7 11700F | 2021 | $298 | $364 | 165 |
| Core i7 11700K | 2021 | $399 | $487 | 190 |
| Core i7 11700KF | 2021 | $374 | $457 | 180 |
| Core i7 11700T | 2021 | $323 | $394 | — |
| Core i7 11700B | 2021 | — | — | — |
| Core i7 12700K | 2021 | $409 | $499 | 280 |
| Core i7 12700KF | 2021 | $384 | $469 | 281 |
| Core i7 12700 | 2022 | $339 | $383 | 226 |
| Core i7 12700F | 2022 | $314 | $355 | 241 |
Compare with
- Core i5 11600KF · 2021 · $237 · 144
- Core i5 12600K · 2021 · $289 · 219
- Core i5 12600KF · 2021 · $264 · 221
- Core i7 11700 · 2021 · $323 · 163
- Core i7 11700F · 2021 · $298 · 165
- Core i7 11700KF · 2021 · $374 · 180
- Core i7 11700T · 2021 · $323
- Core i7 12700K · 2021 · $409 · 280
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