Core i7 9700KF
Intel desktop processor · Core i 9th gen · launched January 2019
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 9700KF launched at $374 in 2019. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $484 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 29% rise over 7 years. At its launch price that is 33 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2019 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 124 (middle half of runs 111–136) across 19 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #168 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #12 of 22 in the Core i 9th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 9th gen |
| Launched | January 2019 |
| Launch price | $374 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 8 |
| Base clock | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.9 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| Rated power | 95 W (TDP) |
| Tier | 7-series |
The Intel 7-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 7800X | 2017 | $389 | $525 | 110 |
| Core i7 7820X | 2017 | $599 | $809 | 153 |
| Core i7 8700 | 2017 | $303 | $409 | 106 |
| Core i7 8700K | 2017 | $359 | $485 | 122 |
| Core i7 8700T | 2018 | $303 | $399 | 92 |
| Core i7 8086K | 2018 | $425 | $560 | 127 |
| Core i7 9700K | 2018 | $374 | $493 | 137 |
| Core i7 9800X | 2018 | $589 | $776 | 142 |
| Core i7 9700KF | 2019 | $374 | $484 | 124 |
| Core i7 9700 | 2019 | $323 | $418 | 104 |
| Core i7 9700F | 2019 | $323 | $418 | 112 |
| Core i7 9700T | 2019 | $323 | $418 | — |
| Core i7 10700 | 2020 | $323 | $413 | 143 |
| Core i7 10700F | 2020 | $298 | $381 | 141 |
| Core i7 10700K | 2020 | $374 | $478 | 171 |
| Core i7 10700KF | 2020 | $349 | $446 | 166 |
Compare with
- Core i5 9500 · 2019 · $192 · 97
- Core i7 9700 · 2019 · $323 · 104
- Core i7 9700F · 2019 · $323 · 112
- Core i7 9700T · 2019 · $323
- Core i9 9900 · 2019 · $439 · 129
- Core i9 9900KF · 2019 · $463 · 157
- Core i9 9900T · 2019 · $439 · 104
- Core i5 10400 · 2020 · $182 · 110
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