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Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Core i7-10700KF

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 99 %

Intel Core i7-9700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i7-9700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700KF

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

74 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

74 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

532 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

618 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,336 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,309 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

10,326 pts

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

12,678 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,589

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,636

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,361

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

8,629

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

481 cb

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

524 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,302

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,347

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

3,656 cb

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

5,292 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,421

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

9,268

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

134

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

192

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

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

549

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

565

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

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

4,167

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

5,614

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

214 cb

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

228 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

1,520 cb

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,344 cb

More benchmarks

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 i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Comet Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1200
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-8700K	Intel Core i7-9700KF
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700K	Intel Core i7-11700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	8x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.90 GHz	5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz	4.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
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 i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 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 i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
TDP	95 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		229 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down		95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700K	Intel Core i7-10700KF
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
Release date	Q4/2018	Q2/2020
Release price	520 $	349 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-10700KF
8C / 16T · 3.80 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★