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

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.5 GHz, Ivy Bridge EP.
Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+14%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 360,488 user samples
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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: 172nd / 1459
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
10,921 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 67% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 304th / 1459
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		87 % Faster effective speed.
+14% 		76 %
Average Score 
+25%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		88.7 Pts +5% 84.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		126 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+35% 		93.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		245 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+30% 		188 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		459 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+26% 		363 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		748 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+28% 		584 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+16%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		95.5 Pts +2% 93.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		132 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+20% 		110 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		263 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+20% 		220 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		518 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+19% 		436 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		822 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+19% 		691 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.26 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		99.6 % Much better value.
+64% 		60.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		71 % Much more popular.
+31% 		54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$170 Much cheaper.
+73% 		$635
Nice To Haves 
+28%
Age
Newest 		81 Months Much more recent.
+34% 		123+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1043 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+21% 		862 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		936 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+28% 		732 Pts
Specifications 
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q4'17 Q3'13
Cache
Cache 		12 MB 12 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions 		SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2 AVX
Lithography
Lithography 		14 nm 22 nm
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price 		N/A $583.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency 		4.60 GHz 3.9 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed 		8 GT/s DMI3 0 GT/s QPI
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 		64 GB 256 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types 		DDR4-2666 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels 		2 4
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡ 		No Yes
Package Size
Package Size 		37.5mm x 37.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
TSX-NI
Intel® TSX-NI 		Yes No
Identity Protection Tech
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡ 		Yes No
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡ 		Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4 x4, x8, x16
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 		16 40

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 87%
Average Bench 76%
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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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Considering that this CPU is currently costing around 80 usd on aliexpress & ebay, outperforms an 3970x intel i7 and officially supports 4 channel DDR3 RAM at up to 1866mhz, it's really hard to beat the value of this chip. Possibly the best price to performance of any used CPU in the market today, in 2020. [Mar '20 jetjix]

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