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Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-9700

Intel Core i7-9700K

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The Intel Core i7-9700K is a high end desktop processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture. It offers an open multiplicator for easy overclocking and integrates 8 cores (no Hyperthreading therefore also 8 threads) clocked at 3.6 - 4.9 GHz and it needs a new Z390 based mainboard.

Thanks to the two additional cores, the performance in multi-threaded applications is even better than the old Core i8-8700K with 6 cores and Hyperthreading. As a high end desktop CPU, the i9-9700K is suited even for very demanding applications and perfect for 3D gaming.

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics card is clocked at up to 1.2 GHz and offers no advantage compared to previous generations. As it is a very low end GPU, only some low demanding games like Hearthstone can be played with it (see GPU page for benchmarks).

Intel specifies the TDP at 95 Watt, so if the CPU is used in laptops a big and chunky cooling system is needed to avoid throttling and lower clock speeds under sustained loads. When overclocking the CPU, the power consumption can easily rise up to 200 Watt and higher.

Intel Core i9-9900K

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The Intel Core i9-9900K is a high end desktop processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture. At the time of announcement in late 2018, the 9900K is the fastest Coffee Lake CPU and offers an open multiplicator for easy overclocking. The CPU integrates 8 cores (16 threads) clocked at 3.6 - 5 GHz and it needs a new Z390 based mainboard.

Thanks to the two additional cores, the performance in multi-threaded applications is up to 25 % faster than the older Core i7-8700K. The single thread performance is only slightly faster due to the higher clock speeds. As a high end desktop CPU, the i9-9900K is suited even for very demanding applications and perfect for 3D gaming.

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics card is clocked at up to 1.2 GHz and offers no advantage compared to previous generations. As it is a very low end GPU, only some low demanding games like Hearthstone can be played with it (see GPU page for benchmarks).

Intel specifies the TDP at 95 Watt, so if the CPU is used in laptops a big and chunky cooling system is needed to avoid throttling and lower clock speeds under sustained loads. When overclocking the CPU, the power consumption can easily rise up to 200 Watt and higher.

Intel Core i7-9700

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The Intel Core i7-9700 is a high end desktop processor based on the Coffee Lake architecture. It integrates 8 cores (no Hyperthreading therefore also 8 threads) clocked at 3 - 4.7 GHz. Compared to the similar named Core i7-9700K, the 9700 has no open multiplicator for easy overclocking, offers lower clock speeds and offers a reduced TDP.

Compared to the old Core i7-8700, the 9700 offers two more real cores but no Hyperthreading. Therefore, the performance gain is not that big - depending on the app. The single core performance was slightly improved thanks to the higher Turbo clocks. As a high end desktop CPU, the i7-9700 is well suited for demanding tasks and gaming.

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics card is clocked at up to 1.2 GHz and offers no advantage compared to previous generations. As it is a very low end GPU, only some low demanding games like Hearthstone can be played with it (see GPU page for benchmarks).

Intel specifies the TDP at 65 Watt (instead of the 95W of the faster models) and therefore the CPU wont need a high end desktop cooling system.

ModelIntel Core i7-9700KIntel Core i9-9900KIntel Core i7-9700
SeriesIntel Coffee LakeIntel Coffee LakeIntel Coffee Lake
CodenameCoffee Lake-RCoffee Lake-RCoffee Lake-R
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-R
Intel Core i9-9900KS4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900K3.6 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9700K « 3.6 - 4.9 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-97003 - 4.7 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9600K3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900T2.1 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400F2.9 - 4.1 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-9100F3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900KS4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900K « 3.6 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9700K3.6 - 4.9 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-97003 - 4.7 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9600K3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900T2.1 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400F2.9 - 4.1 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-9100F3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900KS4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900K3.6 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9700K3.6 - 4.9 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9700 « 3 - 4.7 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9600K3.7 - 4.6 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9900T2.1 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400F2.9 - 4.1 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-9100F3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Clock3600 - 4900 MHz3600 - 5000 MHz3000 - 4700 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
L3 Cache12 MB16 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 168 / 8
TDP95 Watt95 Watt65 Watt
Technology14++ nm14++ nm14++ nm
Die Size178 mm2178 mm2178 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA1151FCLGA1151
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$385 U.S.$488 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.intel.de

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-9900K
37.2 pt (52%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-9700
34 pt (47%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
12397 Points (12%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1280 Points (54%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
475 Points (53%)
min: 495     avg: 502     median: 502 (56%)     max: 509 Points
474 Points (53%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3250 Points (8%)
min: 4816     avg: 4871     median: 4871 (12%)     max: 4926 Points
2892 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1433     avg: 1449     median: 1449 (9%)     max: 1465 Points
min: 1623     avg: 1939     median: 1979 (12%)     max: 2040 Points
1254 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 203     avg: 205.5     median: 205.5 (62%)     max: 208 Points
min: 203     avg: 210.6     median: 212 (64%)     max: 218 Points
199 Points (60%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
15.8 Points (21%)
min: 17.37     avg: 20.7     median: 21.4 (28%)     max: 21.76 Points
14.4 Points (19%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.4 Points (59%)
min: 2.33     avg: 2.4     median: 2.4 (59%)     max: 2.44 Points
2.3 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7624     avg: 7653     median: 7653 (46%)     max: 7682 Points
min: 7786     avg: 7924     median: 7933 (48%)     max: 8042 Points
7473 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 42677     avg: 42778     median: 42777.5 (31%)     max: 42878 Points
min: 36683     avg: 45846     median: 48778.5 (35%)     max: 49142 Points
37381 Points (27%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
53600 Points (37%)
min: 63009     avg: 63708     median: 63976 (44%)     max: 64138 Points
49666 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9774 Points (12%)
min: 10167     avg: 10218     median: 10192 (12%)     max: 10294 Points
9840 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
120.5 s (1%)
min: 85.6     avg: 91.9     median: 91.3 (1%)     max: 98.7 s
155.8 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.5 s (1%)
min: 3.276     avg: 4     median: 3.6 (1%)     max: 5.203 s
4.8 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7396 Points (12%)
min: 7315     avg: 7775     median: 7633 (12%)     max: 8518 Points
6945 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 43248     avg: 48207     median: 48207 (28%)     max: 53166 MIPS
33539 MIPS (19%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5311     avg: 5411     median: 5410.5 (65%)     max: 5510 MIPS
5186 MIPS (62%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
94.8 fps (33%)
min: 90.9     avg: 110     median: 114.3 (40%)     max: 120.5 fps
77.6 fps (27%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
270 fps (62%)
min: 252.7     avg: 260.9     median: 260.5 (60%)     max: 270 fps
247.5 fps (57%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
13 fps (23%)
min: 12.36     avg: 14.8     median: 15.8 (28%)     max: 16.3 fps
10.5 fps (18%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.8 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.8     avg: 1.1     median: 1.2 (0%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.3 GB/s (22%)
min: 1.3     avg: 1.8     median: 1.9 (33%)     max: 2 GB/s
1.3 GB/s (22%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
8.1 GB/s (21%)
min: 7.8     avg: 10.4     median: 11.1 (29%)     max: 11.5 GB/s
7.6 GB/s (20%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
307 Seconds (2%)
min: 219.2     avg: 239.7     median: 223.8 (2%)     max: 276.1 Seconds
388.7 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 i7-9700 +
0.6 sec (13%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12844     avg: 13016     median: 12928 (28%)     max: 13447 Points
min: 10312     avg: 13253     median: 14281.5 (30%)     max: 14409 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.7 s (2%)
min: 7.545     avg: 7.7     median: 7.7 (2%)     max: 7.823 s
8.3 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.4 s (1%)
min: 16.73     avg: 17     median: 16.9 (1%)     max: 17.25 s
18.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
421.1 s (2%)
min: 413.8     avg: 429.5     median: 432.2 (2%)     max: 440 s
460.7 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 53605     avg: 54313     median: 54484 (48%)     max: 54680 Points
min: 58733     avg: 65154     median: 65153.5 (57%)     max: 71574 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 14489     avg: 15025     median: 14657 (40%)     max: 16091 Points
min: 16598     avg: 17566     median: 17264 (47%)     max: 19169 Points
13939 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 81711     avg: 82658     median: 82294 (67%)     max: 83908 Points
min: 64697     avg: 67569     median: 67554.5 (55%)     max: 72059 Points
79476 Points (65%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 83615     avg: 83781     median: 83781 (68%)     max: 83947 Points
min: 67420     avg: 68874     median: 67813 (55%)     max: 72450 Points
79073 Points (64%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81896     avg: 84164     median: 84164 (71%)     max: 86432 Points
min: 67259     avg: 68959     median: 68173.5 (57%)     max: 72229 Points
79079 Points (67%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12856     avg: 13012     median: 13018 (33%)     max: 13171 Points
min: 16435     avg: 17955     median: 17969 (45%)     max: 18694 Points
11688 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18241     avg: 18437     median: 18332 (33%)     max: 18780 Points
min: 21585     avg: 24141     median: 24497.5 (44%)     max: 25010 Points
16387 Points (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 7736     avg: 7954     median: 7875 (33%)     max: 8349 Points
min: 9413     avg: 10630     median: 10593 (45%)     max: 11298 Points
6867 Points (29%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1300 Points (55%)
1300 Points (55%)
1312 Points (55%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7440 Points (13%)
8845 Points (16%)
7060 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 i7-9700 +
1300 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 i7-9700 +
7060 Points (22%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5925     avg: 5984     median: 5984 (60%)     max: 6043 Points
min: 6014     avg: 6113     median: 6049 (60%)     max: 6339 Points
5777 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 28792     avg: 29226     median: 29225.5 (33%)     max: 29659 Points
min: 26616     avg: 31703     median: 32981 (37%)     max: 34233 Points
27040 Points (30%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5744 Points (78%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
26471 Points (64%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
27774 Points (49%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
4825 Points (94%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
948 ms (1%)
min: 919     avg: 937     median: 924 (1%)     max: 968 ms
790 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
71 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
41962 Points (38%)
min: 38473     avg: 40081     median: 40081 (36%)     max: 41689 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 i7-9700 +
232 Points (48%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
222.4 Watt (38%)
202 Watt (35%)
122%
1 i7-9700 +
143.8 Watt (25%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
202.6 Watt (37%)
203.2 Watt (37%)
118%
1 i7-9700 +
141.9 Watt (26%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
7.1 Points per Watt (5%)
10 Points per Watt (7%)
125%
1 i7-9700 +
8.8 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-9700K → 100% n=35

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-9900K → 113% n=35

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-9700 → 95% n=35

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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