Intel Core i7-9700F vs Intel Core i7-10870H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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

5091 points
5173 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7520 points
15% slightly better gaming score
6493 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4300 points
4746 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4118 points
4636 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5225 points
5545 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.06 points
118.88 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6336 points
6380 points
0.69% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1492 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1445 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6401 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6166 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1584 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1458 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.21 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

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

339th of 1,089
328th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-9700F vs Core i7-10870H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10870H performs better than the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-10870H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10870H outputs less heat than Core i7-9700F 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 i7-10870H 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 i7-9700F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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