Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i7-8700 vs Core i9-9900K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Core i9-9900K also has slightly 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.