9700K vs 8700k benchmark: Intel Core i7-8700K vs i7-9700K

Intel Core i7-8700K vs i7-9700K

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Series CPU Architecture			Coffee Lake			Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket			FCLGA1151			FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics			UHD 630			UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date			Q4’18			Q4’17
Cache Cache			12 MB SmartCache			12 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions			Intel® SSE4. 1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2			SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price			$374.00 — $385.00			N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency			4.90 GHz			4.70 GHz
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification			PCG 2015D (130W)			PCG 2015C (130W)
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡			No			Yes
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡			Up to 1×16, 2×8, 1×8+2×4			Up to 1×16 or 2×8 or 1×8+2×4
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Intel Core i7 9700K vs i7 8700K: performance comparison

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Intel Core i7 9700K

Intel Core i7 8700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3. 6 GHz Intel Core i7 9700K with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz i7 8700K with 6-cores. On this page, you’ll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

1. Review
2. Differences
3. Performance
4. Specs
5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors

Single-Core Performance

Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks

Core i7 9700K

68

Core i7 8700K

65

Performance

Measure performance when all cores are involved

Core i7 9700K

45

Core i7 8700K

41

Power Efficiency

The efficiency score of electricity consumption

Core i7 9700K

45

Core i7 8700K

41

NanoReview Final Score

Generic CPU rating

Core i7 9700K

54

Core i7 8700K

51

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8700K and 9700K

Advantages of Intel Core i7 9700K

• Has 2 more physical cores
• Newer — released 1-year later
• 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4. 9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+6%

1293

Core i7 8700K

1215

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+7%

9478

Core i7 8700K

8885

Passmark CPU (Single-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+5%

2899

Core i7 8700K

2774

Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+6%

14691

Core i7 8700K

13870

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+3%

1287

Core i7 8700K

1254

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Core i7 9700K
+11%

7461

Core i7 8700K

6710

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 9700K and i7 8700K

General

Vendor	Intel	Intel
Released	October 8, 2018	October 5, 2017
Type	Desktop	Desktop
instruction set	x86-64	x86-64
Codename	Coffee Lake	Coffee Lake
Model number	i7-9700K	i7-8700K
Socket	LGA-1151	LGA-1151
Integrated GPU	UHD Graphics 630	UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Cores	8	6
Threads	8	12
Base Frequency	3. 6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency	4.9 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	37x
Bus Bandwidth	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
L1 Cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 Cache	256K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 Cache	12MB (shared)	12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes

Fabrication process	14 nm	14 nm
TDP	95 W	95 W
Max. temperature	100°C	100°C

Integrated Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock	350 MHz	350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1200 MHz	1200 MHz
Shading Units	192	192
TMUs	24	24
ROPs	3	3
Execution Units	24	24
TGP	15 W	15 W
Max. Resolution	4096×2304 — 60 Hz	4096×2304 — 60 Hz

iGPU FLOPS

Core i7 9700K

0.38 TFLOPS

Core i7 8700K

0.38 TFLOPS

Memory support

Memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max. Memory Channels	2	2
Max. Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC Support	No	No

Official site	Intel Core i7 9700K official page	Intel Core i7 8700K official page
PCI Express Version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express Lanes	16	16
Extended instructions	SSE4.