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Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i7-8700

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 i9-10900

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-10900

Rank 2 - 60 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,354 pts

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,146 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,662

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,459

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

8,972

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,027

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

529 cb

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

481 cb

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

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,379

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,172

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

6,378 cb

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

3,547 cb

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

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

10,744

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

5,891

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Intel UHD Graphics 630

442

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

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

562

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

488

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

10C / 20T · 2.80 GHz

6,781

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,674

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

231 cb

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

203 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

2,541 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 i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i7-7700
Successor	Intel Core i9-11900	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 20	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	10x	6x
Frequency:	2.80 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.20 GHz	4.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz	4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD 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	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 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 i9-10900	Intel Core i7-8700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	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	Q2/2020	Q4/2017
Release price	439 $	340 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i9-10900 is 4.5 stars (8 ratings), while Intel Core i7-8700 has received 4.1 stars (137 ratings).

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Intel Core i9-10900
10C / 20T · 2.80 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★