i7 8700k @5GHz vs i7 9700k @5Ghz

[BigRecoiilz]

Title says it all; which one is better? Possibly going to upgrade.

[freeagent]

I would just keep the 8700K and save for something better.

[RONOTHAN##]

If you own one of them, keep whichever one you own, it's not enough of an upgrade.

 

If you're gonna buy one of them and their the same price, the 9700k is the overall faster chip. If they aren't the same price, get whatever one is cheaper, there isn't that much of a performance delta between them and saving $20 is worth it to just go for the 8700k.

[YoungBlade]

The 9700K is faster in almost all situations. The two do trade blows in rendering applications, like Blender, as sometimes the 12 threads on 6 cores is better than 8 threads on 8 cores, but in general, the 9700K is faster.

 

That said, the difference is not enough to make either an upgrade for the other.

[Mister Woof]

5ghz 8700 vs 5ghz 9700k vs 5ghz 9900k vs 5ghz 10900k...

 

Differences aren't huge.

Coming from someone who upgraded from a 5ghz 8700k to a 5.1-5.3ghz 10900k and a 3080.....not worth it.

 

Get 12600/12700k and upgrade the whole platform. Or just wait for 13th gen. 

I wish I did.