Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core i9-9900X

Intel Core i7-9700KF
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i7-9700KF
Intel Core i9-9900X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 10 / Oct 2018
Intel Core i9-9900X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    100%
  • Intel Core i9-9900X
    107%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    111%
  • Intel Core i9-9900X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    100%
  • Intel Core i9-9900X
    124%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-9700KF

11% higher single threaded performance.
70 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-9900X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i9-9900X

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-9900X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
Boost 3.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsSkylake-X
Release DateJan 2019vsOct 2018

Cores

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
Cores8vs10
Threads8vs20
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs1MB (per core)
L3 Cache12MB (shared)vs19.25MB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 2066
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA14CvsFC-LGA2066
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel Core i9-9900X
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs165 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    5880 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900X
    5175 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    34560 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900X
    48702 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF (simulated)
    212
  • Intel Core i9-9900X (simulated)
    190.18

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-9700KF (simulated)
    1542
  • Intel Core i9-9900X (simulated)
    1925

points - higher is better