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

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i7-9700KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700KF beats the Core i7-9700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700KF 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700KF. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700KF 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-10700KF 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.