Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-9700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700F beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700F has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8259U has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-9700F has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8259U. The Core i7-9700F also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.