Intel Core i7-9700F vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Intel Core i7-9700F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Apr 2019
Intel Core i7-9700F
Intel Core i7-9700KF
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i7-9700KF

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    112%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    104%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    120%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-9700F

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-9700KF

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-9700KF

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-9700KF

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
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

Architecture

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsCoffee Lake
Release DateApr 2019vsJan 2019

Cores

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
Cores8vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache12MB (shared)vs12MB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA14CvsFC-LGA14C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-9700FIntel Core i7-9700KF
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    5640 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    5880 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    28800 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF
    34560 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-9700F (simulated)
    203.35
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF (simulated)
    212

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-9700F (simulated)
    1285
  • Intel Core i7-9700KF (simulated)
    1542

points - higher is better