Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-9700F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700F is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores than the Core i9-8950HK. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.