Intel Core i7-9700T vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 4 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

3615 points

4% slightly better overall score

3443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5558 points

5691 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2998 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

2780 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2875 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

2664 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

71.66 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

55.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5019 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3778 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1294 points

0.62% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1286 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5204 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3763 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1395 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1297 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.4 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

45 W

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

473rd of 1,089

491st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700T vs Core i5-9300HF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700T is faster than the Core i5-9300HF. Despite this, the Core i5-9300HF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700T has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9300HF that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9300HF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700T.

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 i7-9700T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.