AMD
IntelBX80684I79700K
  

Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 565,579 user samples
14,746 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 40% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 12% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 12% Great: 40%
SPEED RANK: 1352nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
550,833 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 82% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 98th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
28.4 % 96.9 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+241%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
44.4 Pts 90.9 Pts Hugely lower memory latency.
+105%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
50.8 Pts 140 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+176%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
72.6 Pts 279 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+284%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
74 Pts 552 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+646%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
76.1 Pts 964 Pts Insanely faster octa-core speed.
+1,167%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
65.6 Pts 96.6 Pts Much lower OC memory latency.
+47%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
68.1 Pts 155 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+128%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
103 Pts 309 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+200%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
102 Pts 618 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+506%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
102 Pts 1123 Pts Insanely faster OC octa-core speed.
+1,001%
Market Share
Based on 67,694,137 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 1.82 % Insanely higher market share.
+18,100%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 92 % Hugely more popular.
+80%
Age
Newest
82+ Months 65 Months More recent.
+21%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
101 Pts 1145 Pts Insanely faster OC 64-core speed.
+1,034%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
75.4 Pts 1001 Pts Insanely faster 64-core speed.
+1,228%
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Intel’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. The 9700K features 12 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. Like the other 9th generation chips, it is compatible with Intel’s new Z390 chipset as well as last years Z370 chipset (with an updated BIOS). The 9700K has stock base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.6 GHz and a single core boost of 4.9 GHz (compared to 3.6, 4.7 and 5.0 GHz for the flagship 9900K). This translates to almost identical single, quad and octa core performance between the 9900K and 9700K. Mainstream PC games do not benefit from more than six threads, so at $350 (25% cheaper than the 9900K), the 9700K offers far better value for money to gamers. That said gamers have very little reason not to consider the i5-9600K which, when overclocked, offers almost equivalent performance at a 35% discount[Oct '18 CPUPro]

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