Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5190 points

45% significantly better overall score

3558 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7573 points

63% significantly better gaming score

4626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4403 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

3403 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4217 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

3616 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5171 points

8280 points

60% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.42 points

132.90 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6174 points

6312 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1526 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1386 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6222 points

6310 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1571 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1411 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

Identical

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

326th of 1,089

480th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700 vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700 beats the Core i9-9980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-9980HK has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-9980HK outputs less heat than Core i7-9700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-9980HK 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.