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Intel Core i5 9500 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 9700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 9700K
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4 editorial reviews
Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.Read more
Intel's top mainstream processor gets a speed bump and a few new features.Read more
Intel's "Kaby Lake" Core i7 flagship is speedy, with hardware support for 4K streaming and HDR for services like Netflix, but performance gains over its previous-generation counterpart are fairly minimal.Read more
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Intel’s hexa-core processor rises above RyzenRead more
With high clocks and hexa-core design, Intel's top eighth-generation/"Coffee Lake" desktop CPU impresses as a mainstream "do-it-all" processor. It's an excellent gamer, too, when paired with a high-end video card.Read more
Intel's Core i7-8700 sports all of the goodness expected from its Coffee Lake architecture. However, the bundled cooler proves insufficient under taxing workloads.Read more
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General

Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz3.6 GHz3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.4 GHz4.2 GHz4.6 GHz4.9 GHz
Number of cores6468
Number of threads68128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Idle statesyesyesyesyes
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI3DMI3

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesyesyesyes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.012.012.012.0

Memory

Cache9 MB8 MB12 MB12 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2666.0 MHz
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor128.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)41.6 GB/s
N/A
41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual

Thermals

Cooler includednoyesyesno
Thermal specification212.0 °F212.0 °F212.0 °F212.0 °F

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Scalability1S1S1S1S

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