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Intel Core i7-8700

Intel i7-8700

The Intel Core i7-8700 is a high-end desktop processor with six cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture and was announced in September 2017. The processor clocks at between 3.2 and 4.6 GHz and can execute up to twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the slightly higher clocked Core i7-8700K, the i7-8700 offers a lower TDP and no unlocked multiplier (no easy overclocking).

Performance

Due to the two additional cores, performance has increased by almost 50% compared to the previous quad-core Kaby Lake models. Single-core performance has not improved much. As a high-end model, the i7-8700 is suitable for the most demanding applications and games.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz. The build is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 65 watts. Therefore, well-dimensioned cooling systems should easily manage to deal with the created heat. We expect increased efficiency due to the higher performance.

CodenameCoffee Lake-S
SeriesIntel Coffee Lake

Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-S

Intel Core i7-8086K compare3.7 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700K compare3.7 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700 « 3.2 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8500 compare3 - 4.1 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400 compare2.8 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8600K compare3.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8500T compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Clock Rate3200 - 4600 MHz
Level 1 Cache384 KB
Level 2 Cache1.5 MB
Level 3 Cache12 MB
Number of Cores / Threads6 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)65 Watt
Manufacturing Technology14 nm
SocketFCLGA1151
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
GPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date01/05/2017
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1167     avg: 1194     median: 1199 (8%)     max: 1215 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 190     avg: 193     median: 192 (53%)     max: 197 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 12.9     avg: 13     median: 13 (17%)     max: 13.04 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.16     avg: 2.2     median: 2.2 (52%)     max: 2.18 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6992     avg: 7140     median: 7171 (43%)     max: 7257 points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 34532     avg: 36153     median: 35384 (26%)     max: 38543 points
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
43704 Points (28%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9187 Points (11%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 143.7     avg: 198.4     median: 198.4 (2%)     max: 253.1 s
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 5.469     avg: 6.8     median: 6.8 (1%)     max: 8.061 s
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WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 5912     avg: 6252     median: 6332 (10%)     max: 6511 points
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 70.9     avg: 75.7     median: 75.2 (2%)     max: 81.1 fps
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 221.6     avg: 230.6     median: 234.6 (6%)     max: 235.5 fps
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.5 fps (17%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.74     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (23%)     max: 0.822 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.2     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (22%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 7.2     avg: 7.5     median: 7.7 (20%)     max: 7.7 GB/s
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
388.2 Seconds (3%)
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8738     avg: 10526     median: 11193 (19%)     max: 11646 Points
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 8.126     avg: 8.3     median: 8.4 (2%)     max: 8.4 s
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 18.11     avg: 18.4     median: 18.5 (1%)     max: 18.6 s
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 460.1     avg: 469.3     median: 472.2 (2%)     max: 475.7 s
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3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
45569 Points (35%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 13159     avg: 13302     median: 13310 (33%)     max: 13436 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
64904 Points (53%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
64897 Points (53%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
63875 Points (51%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 11130     avg: 11692     median: 11885 (30%)     max: 12060 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 16818     avg: 17487     median: 17458 (31%)     max: 18184 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6755     avg: 6874     median: 6873.5 (29%)     max: 6992 Points
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
1619 points (37%)
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
5600 points (19%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1170 points (39%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
6250 points (11%)
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5565 points (56%)
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
23220 points (23%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 21806     avg: 23062     median: 23061.5 (41%)     max: 24317 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 4484     avg: 4486     median: 4486 (59%)     max: 4488 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 22753     avg: 23926     median: 23925.5 (37%)     max: 25098 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4703     avg: 4709     median: 4708.5 (71%)     max: 4714 points
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
986 ms (1%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
64.5 ms (1%)
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
112.3 Watt (19%)
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
112.8 Watt (21%)
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
10.6 Points per Watt (8%)
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Reviews for the Intel Core i7-8700 processor

MSI Aegis 3 8RD

MSI Aegis 3 8RD (Core i7-8700, GTX 1070, 16 GB) Desktop PC Review

The MSI Aegis 3 8RD is a compact gaming PC that is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8700 processor and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPU. Hence, the Aegis 3 is powerful enough on paper to handle all modern games. The whole thing is packed in a stylish case with RGB lighting. Find out in our review whether MSI’s latest compact gaming PC impresses in our tests and whether it is a worthwhile purchase.
Intel Core i7-8700, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
Schenker XMG Apex 15 (Clevo N950TP6) Laptop Review

Schenker XMG Apex 15 (Clevo N950TP6) Laptop Review

GTX 1060 unleashed. Intel's brand-new desktop hexa-core Core i7-8700 is clearly the star of Schenker's new 15-inch Apex notebook. It is slightly oversized for a gaming notebook and is accompanied by a fast GeForce GTX 1060 GPU. The laptop lacks support for G-Sync but offers plentiful connectivity in return. Unfortunately, it suffers from a problem completely unrelated to gaming.
Intel Core i7-8700, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 15.6", 2.8 kg
Schenker XMG Ultra 17 (Clevo P775TM1-G) Laptop Review

Schenker XMG Ultra 17 (Clevo P775TM1-G) Laptop Review

With the power of six cores. After years of quad-core processors being the standard in powerful notebooks and desktop computers, 2018 is the starting point for Hex- and Octa-Core chipsets on a large scale, thanks to Intel’s Coffee-Lake and AMD’s Ryzen architecture. The Schenker XMG Ultra 17 has to prove itself, being one of the first notebooks with a six-core processor.
Intel Core i7-8700, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, 17.3", 4.4 kg

MSI Prestige PE130 8th 8RB-027DE: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop), 6.4 kg
  External Review » MSI Prestige PE130 8th 8RB-027DE

Lenovo Yoga A940-27ICB: AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop), 27.00", 14.6 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Yoga A940-27ICB

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Other CPUs of the series Coffee Lake

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» Intel Core i7-9700K
   8x 3.6 GHz - 4.9 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8086K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9700
   8x 3 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9900T
   8x 2.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2276M
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2176G
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700
   6x 3.2 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9850H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i9-8950HK
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9750H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9600K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8850H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2186M
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8750H
   6x 2.2 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2176M
   6x 2.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9400F
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8500
   6x 3 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8400
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8600K
   6x 3.6 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8400H
   4x 2.5 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9400H
   4x 2.5 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8500T
   6x 2.1 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8557U
   4x 1.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8279U
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8559U
   4x 2.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8257U
   4x 1.4 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9300HF
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9300H
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8300H
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8259U
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i3-8100H
   4x 3 GHz
» Intel Core i3-9100F
   4x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8269U
   4x 2.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8260U
   4x 1.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i3-8109U
   2x 3 GHz - 3.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Xeon E-2176G
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
+ Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
   12x 2.7 GHz - 3.5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 1700
   8x 3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 5 2600
   6x 3.4 GHz - 3.9 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-14401E
   6x 2.5 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700
   6x 3.2 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600
   6x 3.2 GHz - 3.6 GHz
- Intel Core i5-9600K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i3-10320
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i7-7740X
   4x 4.3 GHz - 4.5 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.3 GHz
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