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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 245.99
$ 199.43
$ 46.56 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7179 points
27% slightly better overall score
5644 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8706 points
8% slightly better gaming score
8019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6665 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4848 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6515 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
4655 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7286 points
24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5869 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.73 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
133.80 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8224 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7073 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1675 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1627 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8135 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7273 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1702 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
95 W
31% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

179th of 1,089
282nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i7-9700K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700KF has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700K outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-10700KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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