Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Core i9-9900K vs Core i7-9800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9800X beats the Core i9-9900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9900K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.