Intel Core i5-9600K vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Core i5-9600K vs Core i7-8700T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9600K beats the Core i7-8700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8700T has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700T outputs less heat than Core i5-9600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-8700T also has slightly 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 i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.