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Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 92 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i5-7600K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,420

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

4,278

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

433 cb

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

465 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,174

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,589 cb

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,644 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

3,855

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

468

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

525

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,723

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,848

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

179 cb

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

209 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

717 cb

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,491 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-6600K
Successor	Intel Core i5-8600K	Intel Core i7-10700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	3.80 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.20 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
TDP	91 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q2/2019
Release price	270 $	520 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-7600K
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-9700F
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★