Delivers excellent video conferencing capability, fast video conversion, online sharing, and fast video editing and authoring. Before I joined the tech-journalism ranks, I wrote on topics as diverse as Borneo's rain forests, Middle Eastern airlines, and Big Data's role in presidential elections. A graduate of Middlebury College, I also have a master's degree in journalism and French Studies from New York University.

Offers stunning memory read/write performance through efficient pre-fetching algorithms, lower latency, and higher memory bandwidth. Golden Cove + Gracemont microarchitecture (12th generation) [ edit ] " Alder Lake-HX" (Intel 7) [ edit ] Intel Launches 10th Generation 10nm 'Ice Lake' Mobility Processors - Led By Core i7 1068G7 Flagship With 3.6 GHZ All Core Boost What's clear, then, is that the suitability of one CPU over another for gaming really depends on which games you like to play, as well as the resolution of your monitor. A CPU typically only has a significant impact on game performance at resolutions of 1080p or lower. At 4K resolution, the GPU's capabilities are far more important, which is why most of the 4K results in our chart are within a few frames per second of one another. This is more of an issue at 1080p if you're running a high-refresh-rate monitor, where the difference between 100fps and 150fps actually might show up on your screen. A First-Rate Choice for Discerning Gamers All models support: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Speed Shift Technology (SST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation), Intel VT-x, Intel VT-d, Hyper-threading, Turbo Boost, AES-NI, IPU6, TB4, Smart Cache, Thread Director, DL Boost, and GNA 3.0.

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The POV-Ray test is an abstract render, but the same engine is used in many software applications including the Blender 3D animation software suite. The Core i7-9700K and its competitors performed roughly the same in our Blender test, which renders a 3D image of a flying squirrel. Much of the Core i7-9700K's advantage in graphics performance for 3D gaming comes down to the games themselves and not necessarily the capabilities of the CPU, however. Every game is different, and while some studios have optimized their titles to run on Intel processors, others have done the same for AMD, or for both. (Interestingly, the potential is there on both platforms; the Graphics subscore of the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra test was quite close for both.)

Below is a breakout of the major competing (and preceding Intel) CPUs we'll be charting against the Core i7-9700K... Golden Cove + Gracemont microarchitecture (12th generation) [ edit ] " Alder Lake-S" (Intel 7) [ edit ] Intel to Bid Farewell to LGA1366 with Core i7-995X Extreme Edition". techpowerup.com. April 5, 2011 . Retrieved March 14, 2020.Delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.