IntelBX80684I78700
IntelBX80677G4560

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.2GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2017.

2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.5GHz, Kaby Lake.
Release date: Q1 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 419,621 user samples
349,567 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 75% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 75% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 161st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
70,054 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 39% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 39% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 631st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
87 % Much faster effective speed.
+52%
57.3 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
88.7 Pts Lower memory latency.
+18%
75.4 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
126 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+39%
90.6 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
245 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+54%
159 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
459 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+102%
227 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
748 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+213%
239 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.5 Pts +4% 91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
132 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+27%
104 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
263 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+41%
187 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
518 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+88%
275 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
822 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+195%
279 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,749,833 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.12 % Hugely higher market share.
+918%
0.11 %
Value
Value For Money
95.3 % 105 % Better value.
+10%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
71 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
67 %
Price
Price (score)
$200 $31 Hugely cheaper.
+85%
Age
Newest
78 Months More recent.
+10%
87 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts 54 Watts More energy efficient.
+17%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Hugely higher core count.
+200%
2 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+200%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+31%
3.5 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1043 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+275%
278 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
936 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+288%
241 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Coffee Lake Kaby Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1151 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 630 HD 610
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q4'17 Q1'17
Cache
Cache
12 MB 3 MB
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1/4.2
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
N/A $64.00
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR4-2666 DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
No Yes
Processor Graphics
Processor Graphics ‡
Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Intel® HD Graphics 610
Graphics Base Frequency
Graphics Base Frequency
350 MHz 350.00 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
1.20 GHz 1.05 GHz
vPro Tech
Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡
Yes No
Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Yes No
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡
Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

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The high-end hex core, 12 thread i7-8700 is second in Intel’s line up of 8th generation Coffee Lake CPUs that witnesses an increase in the number of cores at each SKU, as well as further refinement on the 14nm architecture as seen in the 6th and 7th generations. The i7-8700 features a TDP of 65W, 12MB of L3 Cache and 16 PCIe lanes. Although the 8700 has a base clock of 3.2 GHz it has an all core boost of 4.3 GHz and a single core boost of 4.6 GHz. These are unusually high clocks for a non-K SKU, Intel have historically clocked their non-K SKUs around 10% lower than the flagship K variants but with Coffee Lake, the 8700 is almost a match for a stock 8700K. Priced at $320, the i7-8700 offers exceptional single, quad and multi-core processing power to the mainstream market but unfortunately a new 300 series chipset will also need to be factored into the purchase. AMD’s comparably priced Ryzen 7 1700X is an 8 core 16 thread processor which is around 20% faster at multi-threaded tasks, but has around 20% slower single and quad core performance so the choice between these two processors is use case dependant but generally favours Intel for most desktop users whose workloads are typically single or dual core bound.  [Oct '17 CPUPro]

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The Intel G4560 is one of the first Pentium processors to feature Hyper-threading. This means that although the G4560 only has two physical processing cores, it is able to process four threads in parallel by sharing resources between the physical cores. This typically results in a 50% performance improvement over two physical cores alone. Comparing performance between the lowest spec Kaby Lake i3 7100 and the Pentium G4560 shows that in terms of both performance and specs, very little separates them (even virtualization technology VT-d is present on the Pentium). The Pentium does lack AVX 2.0 (Advanced Vector Instructions) and it trails the i3 7100 by 400 MHz (10%) but there is no longer a clear divide between Pentiums and Core i3s. Intel have achieved an almost continuous distribution of performance levels for each price point from the cheapest Pentium to the top end i7-7700K[Jan '17 CPUPro]

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