Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i9-13900K

Core i7-8700 vs Core i9-13900K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900K performs better than the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has 24 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. Despite this, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-13900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700. The Core i9-13900K 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.