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Core i3-8350K vs i7-9700K


Description
Both models i3-8350K and i7-9700K are based on Coffee Lake architecture.

Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-8350K gets a score of 237.6 k points while the i7-9700K gets 460 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-9700K is 1.9 times faster than the i3-8350K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
906ec
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/8
TDP
91 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
12288 kB
Date
October 2017
October 2018
Mean monothread perf.
68.36k points
73.62k points
Mean multithread perf.
237.63k points
460.02k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-8350K
i7-9700K
Test#1 (Integers)
27.29k
29.3k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
24.19k
25.61k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.75k
5.86k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.13k
12.86k (x1.15)
TOTAL
68.36k
73.62k (x1.08)

Multithread

i3-8350K

i7-9700K
Test#1 (Integers)
107.78k
217.77k (x2.02)
Test#2 (FP)
95.93k
190.46k (x1.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.65k
40.48k (x1.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.26k
11.31k (x1)
TOTAL
237.63k
460.02k (x1.94)

Performance/W
i3-8350K
i7-9700K
Test#1 (Integers)
1184 points/W
2292 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1054 points/W
2005 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
249 points/W
426 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
124 points/W
119 points/W
TOTAL
2611 points/W
4842 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-8350K
i7-9700K
Test#1 (Integers)
6823 points/GHz
5981 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
6048 points/GHz
5226 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1436 points/GHz
1195 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2784 points/GHz
2624 points/GHz
TOTAL
17091 points/GHz
15025 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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