Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Core i7-9700K vs Core i9-9900KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900KF is faster than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-9900KF has more threads. According to our data, the Core i7-9700K and Core i9-9900KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-9900KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.