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Intel Core i7-9700K vs Intel Pentium E5500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700K
Rank 2 - 30 %
Intel Pentium E5500
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700K
Rank 2 - 9 %
Intel Pentium E5500
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz
1,302
Intel Pentium E5500
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
396
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz
7,421
Intel Pentium E5500
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
686
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
4,167
Intel Pentium E5500
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
452

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshWolfdale (Penryn)
Technology14 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 775
PredecessorIntel Core i7-8700K
SuccessorIntel Core i7-10700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 2x Penryn
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
TDP95 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-9700KIntel Pentium E5500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ4/2018Q2/2010
Release price520 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-9700K
Intel Core i7-9700K
8C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.90 GHz
Intel Pentium E5500
Intel Pentium E5500
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz

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