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Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core i7-8700

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 i7-9700KF

Rank 2 - 90 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Rank 2 - 81 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

74 pts

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

69 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

532 pts

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

365 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,336 pts

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,146 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

10,326 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

7,969 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,589

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,459

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,361

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,027

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

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

1,302

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,172

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

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

7,421

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

5,891

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

134

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

118

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

288.4 s

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

231.5 s

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

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

557

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

488

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

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

4,164

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,674

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.90 GHz

214 cb

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

203 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

1,520 cb

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,434 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 i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-7700
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700KF	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.90 GHz	4.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz	4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
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		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 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 i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700KF	Intel Core i7-8700
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	Q4/2017
Release price	520 $	340 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★