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IntelBX80684I79700K
IntelBX80623I72600K
€287
▲ 9222,913 ▼
 €207 

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

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▲ 767,534 ▼
 €287 

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.4GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date: Q1 2011.

Effective Speed 
+37%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 698,366 user samples
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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: 119th / 1477
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
147,533 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 83% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 27,195,430 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 83%
SPEED RANK: 419th / 1477
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		96.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+37% 		70.6 %
Average Score 
+67%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		90.9 Pts +4% 87 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		140 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+53% 		91.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		279 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+61% 		173 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		552 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+87% 		295 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		964 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+127% 		424 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+47%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96.6 Pts +1% 96 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		155 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+34% 		116 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		309 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+37% 		226 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		618 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+61% 		384 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,123 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+105% 		549 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+762%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.83 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,950% 		0.06 %
Value
Value For Money 		102 % Much better value.
+50% 		67.9 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		92 % More popular.
+21% 		76 %
Price
Price (score) 		€207 Cheaper.
+28% 		€287
Nice To Haves 
+53%
Age
Newest 		77 Months Much more recent.
+55% 		171 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts 95 Watts
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 Much newer manufacturing.
+56% 		32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+6% 		3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.9 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+29% 		3.8 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1,145 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+105% 		558 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1,001 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+129% 		437 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 LGA1155
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 630 HD 3000
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q4'18 Q1'11
Cache
Cache 		12 MB SmartCache 8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 SSE4.1/4.2, AVX
Lithography
Lithography 		14 nm 32 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$374.00 - $385.00 N/A
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		4.90 GHz 3.8 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed 		8 GT/s DMI3 5 GT/s DMI
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		64 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4-2666 DDR3 1066/1333
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		41.6 GB/s 21 GB/s
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡ 		Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency 		350 MHz 850 MHz
# of Displays Supported
# of Displays Supported ‡ 		3 2
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 		1.20 GHz 1.35 GHz
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 		No Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ 		Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 		Yes No
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision 		3.0 2.0

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 96.9%
Average Bench 70.6%

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 i7-2600K Sandy Bridge processor is two generations old and nearly three years out of date. The numerous owners of this superb processor should feel in no hurry to upgrade as it's still one of the fastest consumer processors, even by today's standards. The benchmark figures indicate that in terms of real-world performance this processor is only 5% slower than the third generation Ivy Bridge i7-3770K, not bad considering its age. That said new buyers will find both better energy efficiency and marginal performance improvements elsewhere. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

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