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Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-9700K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2018
Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Core i9-9900K
Released
Q4/2018
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Intel Core i7-9700K
Intel Core i7-9700K

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-9900K or Intel Core i7-9700K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-9900K has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Intel Core i7-9700K has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    208 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2% better overclocked clock speed

    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    186 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    131 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    117 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    63 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    115 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    294 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    288 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    57 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    663 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    154 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    89 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    31 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    72 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    22 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    281 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    259 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-9700K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    170 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    208 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    307 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    360 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    70 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    675 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    121 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    42 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    108 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    7 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    309 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    8 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 9000 left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Successor
    Intel Core i9-10900K left arrow Intel Core i7-10700K
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    4.70 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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
    Intel UHD Graphics 630 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.20 GHz left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-9700K and Intel Core i9-9900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-9900K and Intel Core i7-9700K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 95 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    119 W / 28 s left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-9900K and Intel Core i9-9900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 12.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake S Refresh left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1151-2 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q4/2018 left arrow Q4/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-9900K and Intel Core i7-9700K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1284
Intel Core i9-9900K
1246
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
12450
Intel Core i9-9900K
9214
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
518
Intel Core i9-9900K
481
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4995
Intel Core i9-9900K
3656
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
219
Intel Core i9-9900K
214
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
2245
Intel Core i9-9900K
1520
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1342
Intel Core i9-9900K
1302
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
8779
Intel Core i9-9900K
7421
Intel Core i7-9700K
Monero Hashrate kH/s
Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed
5.75
Intel Core i9-9900K
4.25
Intel Core i7-9700K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
461
Intel Core i9-9900K
461
Intel Core i7-9700K
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them
163.8
Intel Core i9-9900K
217.1
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
6250
Intel Core i9-9900K
5472
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
35769
Intel Core i9-9900K
28670
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
2.61
Intel Core i9-9900K
2.51
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
21.2
Intel Core i9-9900K
16.8
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D
45.4
Intel Core i9-9900K
55.1
Intel Core i7-9700K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
20192
Intel Core i9-9900K
17204
Intel Core i7-9700K

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