Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Core i7-10700 vs Core i7-9700KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-10700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF CPU because of its 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 i7-10700 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.