Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i7-9700

Core i7-7700K vs Core i7-9700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700 is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700 outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-9700 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Core i7-9700 also has significantly 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.