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

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 620,871 user samples
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: 115th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
70,038 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 490th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
96.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+46%
66.4 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
90.9 Pts Lower memory latency.
+27%
71.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
140 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+36%
103 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
279 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+45%
192 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
552 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+68%
329 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
964 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+92%
503 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96.6 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+22%
79.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
155 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+36%
114 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
309 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+39%
222 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
618 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+62%
381 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,123 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+96%
574 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,047,484 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.76 % Insanely higher market share.
+4,300%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
101 % Better value.
+18%
85.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
92 % Much more popular.
+51%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$240 $111 Much cheaper.
+54%
Age
Newest
73 Months More recent.
+20%
91 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.6 GHz +3% 3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+32%
3.7 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,145 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+96%
584 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,001 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+92%
521 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Coffee Lake Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1151 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 630 None

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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The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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