Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i7-10700K vs Core i9-9900K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Core i7-10700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900K. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-9900K outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and 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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.