(5GHZ) I9 9900K vs (5GHZ) I7 8700K | Tested 15 Games |

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[Der_Joghurt_Ohne_Ecke]

Intel Year 2028 : We Are Glad to Announce Our Newest CPU The 19700K. 15 FPS More Compared to the 8700k. Big Improvement for Our Company.

[maxadius]

Those temps are ridiculous. I'm still running my 2600k OC'ed . Thinking of upgrading soon. I'll either go for the 8700k or wait for another Gen. Thanks for the comparison, changed my mind about getting a 9900k.

[jasongreashaber]

Canceled my 9900k pre-order, bought the 8700k, delid tool and liquid metal, saved $150 still. Not delid yet and tweaked it to 4.7ghz all cores and max thermals of about 65 C in Prime95. Much lower max in games though.

[EeveeA]

For Gamers, I've been watching your stuff for a while now and I've been impressed with how fast you put your videos out, but I have to mention two things.

That z370 board is not allowing that 9900k perform properly. For various bios and vrm reasons you need to get a z390 board on it, and then use that for both chips, heck, make a video about it where the board swap is the only change. Would be interesting.
Additionally, I don't know what your testing methodologies are, but I think for games where the tests have more variables, such as blackout tests, you may need more runs for a more reliable average than just one pass, that I fear you may be doing.

Hopefully you find this feedback productive.

[Dysphoricsmile]

I have said this a MILLION times by now:
6 Cores and 12 Threads is MORE than IDEAL for any and all games for YEARS to come! Especially with such high freq and IPC!
This is why I bought an 8700k when it came out, delidded it, and have her at 5 GHZ all core 4.7 GHZ cache - and she never gets hotter than 60 C in games, 78 C in AIDA FPU burn, and ~81 C in Prime 95 AVX Small FFT!
Seriously, look at an R5 2600X at 4.2 GHZ versus the R7 2700X at 4.2 GHZ all core - in gaming they score all but IDENTICALLY! At the INSANE prices Intel are charging for the "i9" 9900k and the i5-9700k with only 8 threads and 1.5 MB L2 cache per core, this generation manages to make Coffee Lake look bad! I mean FFS even the "sTIM" sucks balls compared to even Kryonaut on a delidded 8700k, and stock of the BS "i9" 9900k is all but non-existent!
The i5-9700k performs FAR WORSE than an equally clocked 8700k in ALL TASKS! Yet the i5-9700k costs a solid $35+ USD more than the i7-8700k which when OCed to the same speeds as you can reach with the 9700k OCed, the i7-8700k wins IN ALL TESTS!
*Yes I know it is an i7-9700k - but that is bullshit, with no HT and only 1.5 MB L2 per core that fucker is an i5 AT BEST!*

[colinparks]

As someone that has tried both, I'd like to know how you managed to get the 8700k to outperform the 9900k lol
I saw very different results

[HerrAntoniator]

So... no difference. OK, thnks Mr. JEWINTEL.

[shane]

Would the results differ if the cpu's were tested on a z390 board instead of z370 ?

[fucksereinstrucotrs]

I smell oh wait that’s the i9 9900k.... my bad

[byunjoe]

It's clear from reviews and benchmarks the 9900k doesn't provide significant improvement from the 8700k in terms of gaming. It is aimed at those who do a productivity on the side as well as gaming. If you have an 8th gen, wait for 7nm...

[Creme_Fraiche]

What cooler are you using? Youre clearly thermal throttling. My i9 doesnt go past 75 on 5ghz

[HelloWorld-fgnm]

Probably guessing that 8700k is reaching 5Ghz on all cores more consistently than the i9 which might have 5Ghz on a few cores but less on others and that's why we are seeing the performance difference.

[colinparks]

Are your cpu labels the wrong way around????

[GOPsterPlayTV]

What’s wrong with your testing? Guys, check out other channels tests, even 9700k is bit faster than 8700k in games. I love my 8700k but you are fooling people

[MusclePianist]

It was great decision to buy select 8700k, I have 5, 2GHZ with AVX offset on 0 and 1, 37V. Nothing better need. I made delid on it, use nickiel custom ihs and kryonaut thermal grizzly conductonaut, I had 45-55C while gaming and 70C while 100% load with 175W TDP, using cooler master master liquid 240 lite with 4x pure wings 2 with 600rpm, awesome!

[MrBobk]

91C with a 360MM aio, so hot. Dig the tune you are using for this video as well. Found it on bensound! If you have the time I'd like to see a 2700x vs 9900k video too with a 2080 ti. Thanks.

[cdurkinz]

Nice, thanks for this. I knew there's no reason to upgrade from an 8700k.

[paalosordoni]

temp is terrible on the I9 9900K and thats with a 360 mm aio, air cooler has no chance and thats at 5ghz, imagine trying to go above 5ghz? you could save on your heating bill this winter for sure, personally i wouldnt want that in my pc running that hot.

[anon]

more expensive
more hotter
less performance

wtf

[kavya]

Some things to consider: There is talk of a revision chip. Stocks for 9900k are completely sold out. Inside rumors leaked that they are revising the chip for a 2nd wave, which will remove the sTIM and make the chips a bit thinner. i7 920 had C stepping which ran at 90 degrees OC 4.4GHz @ 1.475v, then D stepping came out and ran 4.4GHz 55 degrees 1.25v. 9900k wave 2 is most likely not a rumor, but going to be a reality, but we'll just have to wait and see. If you need a chip now, 8086k is very attractive for enthusiast, but 8700k for value. As for Ryzen *read below if this applies to you*

Performance, comparing 8700k and 9900k on stock AND OC to the same frequency = 90% identical performance for PC gaming. For rendering, 15% difference. For Emulation (Cemu, Citra, RPCS3 etc) world of difference. Almost a 20% increase, especially when you enable "accuracy" settings. Ryzen chips are not optimized for most of these emulators for the reason that Devs are not favoring AMD in their code. They are leaning on Intel because the foundation is much larger and the stepping stones are alerady there. AMD devs are hard to find. If you want fluid emulation, go with Intel, but 2700x should be decent enough for BoTW, just expect a stutter here and there.