Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 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

6827 points
7595 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8465 points
10203 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6279 points
6863 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6130 points
6739 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

176.47 points
215.05 points
21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
176% significantly higher clock speed
1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
28 MiB
1300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33 MiB
106% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

204th of 1,089
162nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i7-14700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700T is faster than the Core i9-9900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900KF. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900KF. The Core i7-14700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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