i7-9700K without Hyper-Threading - is that bad or good thing?

[mrmiller]

Hey,

so I saw this
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-9000-series-release-specs-pricing,37695.html

is that bad thing or a good thing? or we should wait for a benchmark?

 

[trampus123]

wait for benchmark

 

[Dunlop0078]

Depends on what it costs. If it's quite a bit cheaper than the i9 8 core with hyper threading then I would opt for it over the i9 especially for say a gaming PC. Someone planning to build a workstation PC might want the 16 threads. But for gaming I doubt hyper threading is going to do anything for you on an 8 core cpu.

 

[sizzling]

The benchmarks I have seen in the past for Hyperthreading show a maximum increase in performance of about 30% in any task but often a lot less. This was with 4c/8t cpu’s. There are going to be very few scenarios that can fully utilise 16t over 8t so unless you happen to fit into one of those scenarios I personally think hyperthreading will be of minimal gain for most uses.

 

[bmockeg]

Wait for benchmarks but remember a 6c/6t i5 8400 is as good or better than a 4c/8t i7-7700k. Cores are better than threads, in either case you must have programs that take advantage of this feature.

 

[mrmiller]

Wait for benchmarks but remember a 6c/6t i5 8400 is as good or better than a 4c/8t i7-7700k. Cores are better than threads, in either case you must have programs that take advantage of this feature.

OBS is one of them right?

 

[bmockeg]

Yes, more so at higher resolutions.