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Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Core i9-9900X

Last updated: 2026-07-03

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 2 - 95 %

Intel Core i9-9900X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 67 %

Intel Core i7-9700

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-9900X

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

10C / 20T · 4.50 GHz

1,459

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

9,475

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

465 cb

10C / 20T · 4.50 GHz

455 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

10C / 20T · 4.50 GHz

1,174

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,644 cb

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

4,855 cb

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

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

10,490

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

228.8 s

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

169.7 s

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

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,725

10C / 20T · 3.50 GHz

5,640

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

209 cb

10C / 20T · 4.50 GHz

197 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,491 cb

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

2,114 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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 9000X (8)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Skylake X Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 2066
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i9-7900X
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i9-10900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	10 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	10x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.70 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	19.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
TDP	65 W	165 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	92 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i9-9900X
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, 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, AVX-512
Release date	Q2/2019	Q4/2018
Release price	335 $	989 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-9900X
10C / 20T · 3.50 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★