Intel Core i7-9700K vs Core i7-8700K - Which one to choose

[StevenWhite]

I am about to buy the PC, which processor will be recommended as per the performance? Looking for the good suggestions.

 

I was also reading a few comparisons between Intel Core i7-9700K vs Core i7-8700K here https://www.reviewsed.com/intel-core...core-i7-8700k/ and after initial analysis.  i  believe that Intel Core i7-9700K is a superior processor, but the performance would not be as good as the numbers state and it seems Core i7-8700K is the preferred option in comparisons. 

Edited June 10, 2020 by StevenWhite
Research

[Jaws2002]

Why not the new 10700k? It will be supported longer and has 16 logical cores that offer way better multi threading performance and also has higher clock speed. 

 The 10700k is a much more future proof product.

Edited June 10, 2020 by Jaws2002

[dburne]

2 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

Why not the new 10700k? It will be supported longer and has 16 logical cores that offer way better multi threading performance and also has higher clock speed. 

Both the 9700k and 8700k are discontinued.   The 10700k is a much more future proof product.

 

9700k discontinued? I still see them available.

But yeah if the 10700k is available might be the better choice if can get hands on one if wanting to go with newest platform.

[Jaws2002]

1 hour ago, dburne said:

 

9700k discontinued? I still see them available.

But yeah if the 10700k is available might be the better choice if can get hands on one if wanting to go with newest platform.

 

You are right. I got it all wrong.  

The 8th gen is going to be discontinued at the end of the year. The only thing they dropped from the 9th gen was the special packaging. 

 

But the 10700k is a clearly better CPU than the other two.  200MHz higher base and boost clock, plus it doesn't have half the threads locked.

Edited June 10, 2020 by Jaws2002

[J2_Steve]

My last build used a I5 9600 clocked @5ghz. Gives a single thread passmark score of 3200 which is up there with the new 10900k at standard clocks.

Got the CPU, Mini itx MB and ram for around £400 added my old 108ti and now have a system that will run BoS with ease, even in VR

[Bernard_IV]

They have improved the clock speeds slightly with the newer chips.  They are all pretty similar though, mainly just added more cores to some of the newer chips to compete with the Ryzen many core philosophy.  You'll want the newest and best you can afford though some games don't take advantage of more than four cores.

[Alonzo]

Honestly with the current patch the 8700K, 9700K or 10700K are all going to be good for IL2. The main thing is to get a good motherboard that will overclock the chip well, some good cooling for the chip (280mm AIO or better) and some decently fast RAM. Yes, newer is better, but if you can save a few bucks and therefore get the next step up for GPU, then do that.

[CanadaOne]

The 10600K is getting a lot of attention for being much cheaper than the 10900K but pretty damn close in performance.

 

Not available here yet, but I'm considering it.

[CanadaOne]

Oh, correction. Amazon has them for $469Cdn.

 

The 10700K is $628.

 

The 3700X is $428.

Edited June 13, 2020 by CanadaOne

[Reggie_Mental]

I have an i7 8700k o/c'd to 4.5ghz. And I've still got loads of headroom and low temps.

 

You don't need a 10700 for IL2GB, but it might be better for MS2020 or DCS. Never a bad idea to 'future proof' your setup when you can afford to.

[CanadaOne]

I've watched ton of comparison videos and I swear sometimes all the CPUs look almost the same but with widely varying price tags. This one gets you 97FPS for $250 and that one gets you 115FPS for $475.  But for $650 you can get 130FPS.

 

There's gotta be a sweet spot in all that.

[Alonzo]

On 6/13/2020 at 9:21 AM, CanadaOne said:

I've watched ton of comparison videos and I swear sometimes all the CPUs look almost the same but with widely varying price tags. This one gets you 97FPS for $250 and that one gets you 115FPS for $475.  But for $650 you can get 130FPS.

 

There's gotta be a sweet spot in all that.

 

The reviewer who I pay attention to most is Tech Jesus (Steve from Gamers Nexus). I'm pretty sure he's said the 10600K is the chip to get for gaming right now. Overclocks to almost 10900K performance, but much cheaper. That, plus good supporting components (motherboard, ram, cooling) is where I would guess the sweet spot is. But that's for *gaming only* -- as soon as you add in streaming or occasional production workloads, the AMD offerings with more cores start to look attractive.

 

Personally, I knew it was just about gaming. And if I were gonna stream something I use GPU encoding anyhow. So I went Intel and didn't worry too much about it. I'm also a sucker who bought an 8086K because anniversary limited edition awh it's cuuuute...

[WheelwrightPL]

1 hour ago, Alonzo said:

 

The reviewer who I pay attention to most is Tech Jesus (Steve from Gamers Nexus). I'm pretty sure he's said the 10600K is the chip to get for gaming right now. Overclocks to almost 10900K performance, but much cheaper. That, plus good supporting components (motherboard, ram, cooling) is where I would guess the sweet spot is.

 

If you choose to go with 10600K which seems to be the current sweet spot, here is the WARNING! stay away from ASROCK motherboards because they are utter garbage, at least according to this guy:

 

 

[CanadaOne]

10 hours ago, Alonzo said:

 

The reviewer who I pay attention to most is Tech Jesus (Steve from Gamers Nexus). I'm pretty sure he's said the 10600K is the chip to get for gaming right now. Overclocks to almost 10900K performance, but much cheaper. That, plus good supporting components (motherboard, ram, cooling) is where I would guess the sweet spot is. But that's for *gaming only* -- as soon as you add in streaming or occasional production workloads, the AMD offerings with more cores start to look attractive.

 

Personally, I knew it was just about gaming. And if I were gonna stream something I use GPU encoding anyhow. So I went Intel and didn't worry too much about it. I'm also a sucker who bought an 8086K because anniversary limited edition awh it's cuuuute...

 

"Tech Jesus", that's... pretty much right on the money. I watch a lot of his videos.  I like the "Tech Deals" guy, too. I built my first PC following along to one of his builds on YouTube, and four-years later it all still works.

 

In the end I went with a 3700X. Delivered yesterday, on a Sunday no less. I would have no problem with a 10600k, but the 3700X comes with a cooler, it's cheaper here, and the specs look to at least good enough, if not downright tasty. Admittedly I'm only gaming, but I figure the bump from a 4 core i5-6500 that redlines at 3.6 to an 8/16 CPU that has all cores starting at 3.6 has got to be a good bump.

 

And, admittedly, the idea that FS2020 will take advantage of all those cores was a plus for the 3700X. My new rig is FS2020-centric. I want to be able to run it well.