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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-10900F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-9700K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-10900F is 559 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-9700K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-10900F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 1% better in Halo Infinite than Core i7-9700K - 164 vs 163 FPS
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i7-9700K - $225.0 vs $252.0
- Up to 12% better value when playing Halo Infinite than Core i7-9700K - $1.37 vs $1.55 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-9700K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700K - 20 vs 8 threads
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-9700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 3.6 GHz Turbo unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
164
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$225
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-9700K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700K | vs | Intel Core i9-10900F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 8 | Threads | 20 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-9700K or Core i9-10900F
Halo Infinite, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
62 FPS
$24.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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68 FPS
$57.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
8 GB, 256 GB SSD
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81 FPS
$33.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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31 FPS
$30.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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31 FPS
$30.61/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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31 FPS
$31.9/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$989
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62 FPS
$43.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Core i7-9700K
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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