Intel Core i7-9700F vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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
6987 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7520 points
7678 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4300 points
6735 points
56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4118 points
6649 points
61% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.06 points
204.52 points
87% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
153% significantly lower TDP
165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
44
175% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

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
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
139% significantly more L3 cache
5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

339th of 1,089
195th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-9700F vs Core i9-9820X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9820X beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-9700F has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. 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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