IntelBX80684I78700
IntelBX8071513900K

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 398,699 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
49,132 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 135% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 5.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 123% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 123% Great: 135%
SPEED RANK: 8th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 129%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 128%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 170%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
87 % 129 % Much faster effective speed.
+48%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
88.7 Pts +4% 85.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
126 Pts 232 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+84%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
245 Pts 460 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+88%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
459 Pts 918 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+100%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
748 Pts 1739 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+132%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
95.5 Pts +1% 94.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
132 Pts 243 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+84%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
263 Pts 478 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+82%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
518 Pts 939 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+81%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
822 Pts 1839 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+124%
Market Share
Based on 67,761,689 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.14 % Much higher market share.
+36%
0.84 %
Value
Value For Money
95.3 % 110 % Better value.
+16%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
71 % 95 % Much more popular.
+34%
Price
Price (score)
$200 Much cheaper.
+59%
$485
Age
Newest
78 Months 18 Months Much more recent.
+77%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+48%
125 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores 24 cores Hugely higher core count.
+300%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+167%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.2 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+7%
3 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz 5.8 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+26%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1043 Pts 4394 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+321%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
936 Pts 4164 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+345%
Series
CPU Architecture
Coffee Lake Raptor Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1151 FCLGA1700
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 630 UHD 770
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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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Intel’s 13th gen. Raptor Lake CPUs offer around 10% faster gaming and 45% faster multi-core performance than their predecessors. The new CPUs are compatible with DDR4 memory and Z690/B660 ($150) motherboards. New high-end gaming builders need look no further than the 13600K. The 13600K beats AMD’s flagship 7950X in gaming and almost matches the 7900X in multi-core performance. Extreme workstation users may find value in the 13700K or 13900K. Gamers on a tight budget can save $40 USD with a 13600KF which is a 13600K without integrated graphics. Although Ryzen 7000 has weaker multi-core, weaker single-core, higher platform costs and higher unit prices AMD have a 3D joker up their sleeve (7800X3D est. 2023). Via “Advanced Marketing” on youtube, forums, reddit, and twitter AMD will demonstrate that their upcoming CPU is the “best in the world” and offer “proof” by way of a small handful of obscure workloads. Games that few people play e.g. (Factorio, SotTR) will be cherry picked, video footage of the gameplay/settings won’t be provided and frame drops will be conveniently ignored. This playbook has easily outsold Intel in recent years but with every overhyped release, consumers lose trust in AMD. Based on social media/press coverage, you would never guess that the combined market share for all of AMD’s Radeon 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers is just 2.12% (Steam stats). Meanwhile Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for a whopping 5.03%. Largely thanks to marketing incompetence, Intel is existentially motivated to deliver material annual performance improvements. Consumers can look forward to Meteor Lake (14th gen) in less than a years time. [Oct '22 CPUPro]

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