Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i7-9700T

Core i7-8700 vs Core i7-9700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700 is faster than the Core i7-9700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700T has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Core i7-9700T has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has more threads than the Core i7-9700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700T. Also, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700T outputs less heat than Core i7-8700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.