[SOLVED] What is best for gaming 8 threads or 16 threads?

[Xamentle]

I wonder what is best for gaming? An 8 core 8 threads or and 8 core 16 threads? Can more threads make it worse or can it just do stuff better? Like can it be more bad than it is good? I thought of buying this Intel Core i7-9700F Processor buy then I saw this Intel Core i7-10700 Processor and wonder which was best, the Intel Core i7-10700 Processor have 8 cores and 16 threads and the Core i7-9700F Processor have 8 cores and 8 threads wich is best? The Core i7-9700F Processor is a 9th gen and the Core i7-10700 Processor is a 10th gen.

 

[Xamentle]

Although some games have higher average and peak FPS with SMT off (8c8t), most have better 1% and 0.1% lows (less stutter) with SMT on (8c16t) so having a CPU with SMT is usually better overall. For heavily multi-threaded workloads, SMT is also 25-40% faster.

But my CPU can turn off SMT right? And thank you so much btw for the help!

 

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But my CPU can turn off SMT right? And thank you so much btw for the help!

Yes, you can disable it. In most cases though, you will be worse off for doing so overall.

 

[Xamentle]

Yes, you can disable it. In most cases though, you will be worse off for doing so overall.

Ahh okey but then I at least if I need to turn it of I can do it, and also thank you so much for the help I appreciate it a lot!