Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Core i7-10700K vs Core i7-9800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700K beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-10700K and Core i7-9800X have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.