Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core i5-2300

Core i7-9700K vs Core i5-2300 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700K is faster than the Core i5-2300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700K has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-2300 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2300. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2300. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a significantly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.