Intel Core i7-10700T vs Intel Core i7-9700F

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

$ 269.00
$ 246.50
$ 22.50 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5467 points
7% slightly better overall score
5091 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points
7520 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4300 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
4118 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
109.06 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5641 points
6401 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1421 points
1584 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2 GHz
3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

297th of 1,089
339th 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
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700T vs Core i7-9700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700T beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-10700T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700T. Also, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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