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Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700

Rank 2 - 71 %

Intel Core i7-7700K

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

68 pts

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

75 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

467 pts

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

355 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,181 pts

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,216 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

8,540 pts

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

6,055 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,463

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

5,149

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

465 cb

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

466 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,229

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,644 cb

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

2,257 cb

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

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

4,719

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

228.8 s

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

335.8 s

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

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

524

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

500

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

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,725

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

2,523

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

209 cb

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

200 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,491 cb

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

995 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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 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 i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Kaby Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i7-6700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i7-8700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.70 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 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 i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
TDP	65 W	91 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i7-7700K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, 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	Q2/2019	Q1/2017
Release price	335 $	350 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C / 8T · 4.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★