Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i7-10700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  10 10
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.9 GHz 4.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel UHD Graphics 630
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html -
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2017
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-10700 and Intel Core i7-10700KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i7-10700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  229 W / 56 s -
• TDP down
  95 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i7-10700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1200
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d