Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i7-9700 vs Core i9-10900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-9700. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.