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

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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Intel Core i7-9700KF

Price

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$ 269.00

$ 229.00

$ 40.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5467 points

5685 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points

8058 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4882 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

4678 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points

123.75 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5641 points

7138 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1421 points

1689 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3.6 GHz

79% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

275th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700T. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF 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.