Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-10700F

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 350.22
$ 201.50
$ 148.72 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6719 points
5% slightly better overall score
6380 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
0.19% slightly better gaming score
8207 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
5766 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
5592 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6906 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
161.44 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7957 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7109 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1547 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7260 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1638 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089
228th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9900K vs Core i7-10700F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Core i7-10700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700F in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700F. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10700F outputs less heat than Core i9-9900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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