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IntelBX80662I76700K
▲ 9221,606 ▼

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

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▲ 7847,150 ▼

4 Cores, 8 Threads @4.0GHz, Skylake.
Release date: Q3 2015.

Effective Speed 
+20%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,139,811 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: 98th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
588,978 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 90% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 224th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		96.9 % Faster effective speed.
+20% 		80.8 %
Average Score 
+29%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		90.9 Pts +3% 88.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		140 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+18% 		119 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		279 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+25% 		224 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		552 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+40% 		395 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		964 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+61% 		597 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+26%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96.6 Pts +1% 95.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		155 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+13% 		137 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		309 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+20% 		258 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		618 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+35% 		459 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1123 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+61% 		696 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+26%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		2.23 % Hugely higher market share.
+105% 		1.09 %
Value
Value For Money 		99.8 % Slightly better value.
+10% 		91.1 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		92 % More popular.
+18% 		78 %
Price
Price (score) 		$249 $180 Cheaper.
+28%
Nice To Haves 
+29%
Age
Newest 		66 Months Much more recent.
+37% 		104 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts 91 Watts +4%
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 4 GHz Faster base frequency.
+11%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.9 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+17% 		4.2 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1145 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+60% 		716 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1001 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+64% 		612 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Skylake
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 630 HD 530
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q4'18 Q3'15
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 2.0
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		$374.00 - $385.00 $339.00 - $350.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		4.90 GHz 4.2 GHz
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4-2666 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth 		41.6 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡ 		Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 		1.20 GHz 1.15 GHz
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 		No Yes
Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) 		Yes No
Trusted Execution Tech
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 		Yes No

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 96.9%
Average Bench 80.8%
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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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The Core i7-6700K is Intel's latest "Skylake" flagship processor. It replaces the hugely successful i7-4790K and takes the crown as the fastest mainstream consumer CPU available. Comparing performance and specs between the 4790K and 6700K shows that the configuration is largely unchanged (same base clocks, cores, threads) but the improved manufacturing process (14nm) brings a small reduction in TDP and a performance improvement of 8%; almost exactly the same jump as between the Ivy Bridge 3770K and Haswell 4770K. Owners of any unlocked-K Intel CPU from Sandy Bridge or onwards still have no real reason to upgrade as the performance improvements are largely academic but the i7-6700K will be the CPU of choice for the vast majority of top end PC builds in 2015. [Aug '15 CPUPro]

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