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IntelBX80684I79700K
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6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.5GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

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▲ 9521,005 ▼

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

Effective Speed 
+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 582,193 user samples
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31,360 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 92% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 92% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 63rd / 1404
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
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: 76th / 1404
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		98.3 % +2% 96.9 %
Average Score 
+9%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		82 Pts 90.9 Pts Lower memory latency.
+11%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		173 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+24% 		140 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		329 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+18% 		279 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		615 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+11% 		552 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		972 Pts +1% 964 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+5%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		91.3 Pts 96.6 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		182 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+17% 		155 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		352 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+14% 		309 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		672 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+9% 		618 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1024 Pts 1123 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+10%
Value & Sentiment 
+6%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.13 % 1.44 % Higher market share.
+27%
Value
Value For Money 		119 % Better value.
+14% 		104 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		98 % +3% 95 %
Price
Price (score) 		$140 Much cheaper.
+35% 		$215
Nice To Haves 
+13%
Age
Newest 		14 Months Much more recent.
+74% 		53 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32% 		95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads Much higher thread count.
+50% 		8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29% 		14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+44%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.4 GHz 4.9 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+11%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1224 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+7% 		1145 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1186 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+18% 		1001 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None UHD 630
Conclusion 
Average Bench 98.3%
Average Bench 96.9%
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Intel’s Alder Lake i5-12400F offers six hyper-threaded performance cores at an MSRP of just $180 USD. This represents excellent value for consumers and, in particular, gamers. It has a boost frequency of 4.4 GHz, 18 MB of L3 cache and a TDP of 65W. The F-version of the CPU does not have integrated graphics, however this will be of little concern to gamers with discrete GPUs. Whilst Intel’s overclockable i5-12600K has four additional efficiency cores and offers around 12% more performance than the 12400F, it also costs around 50% more. The 12400F offers great value, but to achieve optimal performance the requisite B660 motherboard (which supports 3200+ RAM) is, at least for now, difficult to find at reasonable ($150 USD) prices. AMD’s top value hex-core Ryzen 5 5600X offers similar performance for 50% more money. Despite Intel’s price / performance lead, AMD’s prolific marketers (forums, youtube, reddit etc.) have historically outsold Intel whilst carrying a similar handicap. [Jan '22 CPUPro]

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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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