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

Core i7-8700 vs Core i9-9900KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9900KF beats the Core i7-8700 in overall performance. 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 i9-9900KF has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KF CPU because of its 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 i9-9900KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Core i9-9900KF 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.