Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Core i7-10700

Core i5-9500 vs Core i7-10700 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700 beats the Core i5-9500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-10700 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. The Core i7-10700 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. For instance, the Core i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.