Core i7-8700k vs i9-9900K
Description
Both models i7-8700k and i9-9900K 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 i7-8700k gets a score of 443.8 k points while the i9-9900K gets 529.3 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.2 times faster than the i7-8700k. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
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 i7-8700k gets a score of 443.8 k points while the i9-9900K gets 529.3 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.2 times faster than the i7-8700k. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ea
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
95 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2017
October 2018
Mean monothread perf.
80.6k points
81.91k points
Mean multithread perf.
443.77k points
529.32k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
4.13k
5k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
16.96k
20.22k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.56k
6.54k (x1.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.85k
13.78k (x1.07)
TOTAL
39.5k
45.53k (x1.15)
Multithread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
24.01k
36.39k (x1.52)
Test#2 (FP)
108.69k
166.55k (x1.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
36.62k
54.92k (x1.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.33k
8.96k (x0.96)
TOTAL
178.64k
266.82k (x1.49)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
12.92k
18.03k (x1.4)
Test#2 (FP)
20.68k
25.98k (x1.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.3k
6.86k (x1.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.59k
14.5k (x1.15)
TOTAL
51.48k
65.37k (x1.27)
Multithread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
94.26k
131.34k (x1.39)
Test#2 (FP)
152.55k
204.76k (x1.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
39.74k
55.74k (x1.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.53k
8.99k (x1.05)
TOTAL
295.07k
400.83k (x1.36)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
16.87k
17.98k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
26.12k
27.04k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.33k
6.63k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.71k
13.6k (x0.99)
TOTAL
63.03k
65.24k (x1.04)
Multithread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
105.74k
130.88k (x1.24)
Test#2 (FP)
180.52k
208.5k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.99k
54.12k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.51k
8.91k (x1.05)
TOTAL
339.77k
402.41k (x1.18)
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
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
31.2k
32.08k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
27.82k
28.17k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.57k
6.68k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
15k
14.98k (x1)
TOTAL
80.6k
81.91k (x1.02)
Multithread
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
202.42k
242.98k (x1.2)
Test#2 (FP)
186.33k
220.16k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.96k
53.97k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.05k
12.22k (x1.22)
TOTAL
443.77k
529.32k (x1.19)
Performance/W
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
2131 points/W
2558 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1961 points/W
2317 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
473 points/W
568 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
106 points/W
129 points/W
TOTAL
4671 points/W
5572 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-8700k
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
6639 points/GHz
6417 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5919 points/GHz
5634 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1397 points/GHz
1335 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
3192 points/GHz
2996 points/GHz
TOTAL
17148 points/GHz
16382 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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