Notebookcheck Logo

Intel Core i7-8700K

Intel i7-8700K

The Intel Core i7-8700K 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 3.7 and 4.7 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. The i7-8700K is comparatively easy to overclock thanks to the unlocked multiplier.

Performance

Due to the two additional cores, performance has increased by almost 50% compared to the Core i7-7700K when all cores are in use. Single-core performance has not improved since its Kaby Lake predecessor. As a high-end model, the i7-8700K 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 95 watts. Therefore, well-dimensioned cooling systems should easily manage to deal with the created heat. We expect increased efficiency due to the higher performance.

SeriesIntel Coffee Lake
CodenameCoffee Lake-S

Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-S

Intel Core i7-8086K compare3.7 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700K « 3.7 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700 compare3.2 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8600K compare3.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 6 cores9 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 i5-8500T compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Clock Rate3700 - 4700 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)95 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
Starting Price$359 U.S.
Announcement Date01/05/2017
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
430 Points (48%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3165 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1323     avg: 1374     median: 1362 (9%)     max: 1422 Points
07515022530037545052560067575082590097510501125120012751350Tooltip
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 187     avg: 192.4     median: 192 (58%)     max: 199 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 13.61     avg: 14.8     median: 15 (20%)     max: 15.64 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.11     avg: 2.2     median: 2.2 (55%)     max: 2.27 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7130     avg: 7302     median: 7328 (44%)     max: 7423 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 36392     avg: 38552     median: 39096 (28%)     max: 39624 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
46535 Points (32%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9303 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 116.6     avg: 120.8     median: 118.9 (1%)     max: 129.1 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 4     avg: 4.5     median: 4.2 (1%)     max: 5.341 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 7032     avg: 7196     median: 7120 (11%)     max: 7435 points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 82.1     avg: 85.6     median: 87.2 (30%)     max: 87.4 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 230     avg: 231.7     median: 232 (54%)     max: 233 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
10.8 fps (19%)
0123456789101112131415161718Tooltip
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.668     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (24%)     max: 0.796 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1     avg: 1.3     median: 1.4 (24%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.9     avg: 7.3     median: 8 (21%)     max: 8 GB/s
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 312     avg: 332.8     median: 332.8 (2%)     max: 353.5 Seconds
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11599     avg: 11729     median: 11701 (25%)     max: 11886 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.545     avg: 8     median: 8 (2%)     max: 8.329 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.73     avg: 17.8     median: 17.8 (1%)     max: 18.77 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 413.8     avg: 443.5     median: 442.8 (2%)     max: 465.1 s
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 13293     avg: 14460     median: 14766 (40%)     max: 15013 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 63878     avg: 64781     median: 64445 (52%)     max: 66020 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 63734     avg: 64731     median: 64316 (52%)     max: 66143 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 63328     avg: 65156     median: 65451.5 (55%)     max: 66393 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12363     avg: 12530     median: 12521 (32%)     max: 12713 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18221     avg: 18728     median: 18574 (33%)     max: 19358 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6578     avg: 7256     median: 7255.5 (31%)     max: 7933 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5760     avg: 5827     median: 5783 (58%)     max: 5937 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 24546     avg: 24938     median: 25045 (28%)     max: 25223 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 23187     avg: 23209     median: 23208.5 (57%)     max: 23230 points
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 52.2     avg: 55.8     median: 55.8 (1%)     max: 59.3 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 45565     avg: 47064     median: 47063.5 (42%)     max: 48562 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 142.7     avg: 149.4     median: 149.4 (26%)     max: 156 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 134.3     avg: 143.2     median: 143.2 (26%)     max: 152 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 9.36     avg: 9.6     median: 9.6 (7%)     max: 9.85 Points per Watt
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Add one or more devices and compare

In the following list you can select (and also search for) devices that should be added to the comparison. You can select more than one device.

restrict list:

show all (including archived), 2024, 2023
v1.26
log 17. 21:21:22

#0 no ids found in url (should be separated by "_") +0s ... 0s

#1 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#2 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Sat, 16 Mar 2024 05:37:00 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#3 composed specs +0.014s ... 0.015s

#4 did output specs +0s ... 0.015s

#5 getting avg benchmarks for device 9296 +0.003s ... 0.017s

#6 got single benchmarks 9296 +0.018s ... 0.035s

#7 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.035s

#8 min, max, avg, median took s +0.797s ... 0.832s

#9 return log +0.022s ... 0.854s

Please share our article, every link counts!

» Mobile CPU Comparison
Comparison of all mobile CPU series

» Mobile Processors - Benchmarklist
Benchmarklist of all known CPUs that are used in laptops (desktop and laptop CPUs)

Other CPUs of the series Coffee Lake

» Intel Core i9-9900KS
   8x 4 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9900K
   8x 3.6 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9980HK
   8x 2.4 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9700K
   8x 3.6 GHz - 4.9 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9880H
   8x 2.3 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8086K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2176G
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9700
   8x 3 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i9-8950HK
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2186M
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2276M
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700
   6x 3.2 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9600K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9850H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-9750H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i9-9900T
   8x 2.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Xeon E-2176M
   6x 2.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8850H
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8600K
   6x 3.6 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8500
   6x 3 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8750H
   6x 2.2 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8400
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8500T
   6x 2.1 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9400H
   4x 2.5 GHz - 4.3 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 i5-8400H
   4x 2.5 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8559U
   4x 2.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8300H
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-9400F
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i3-9100F
   4x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8557U
   4x 1.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8269U
   4x 2.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8279U
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8259U
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8257U
   4x 1.4 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-8260U
   4x 1.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i3-8109U
   2x 3 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i3-8100H
   4x 3 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i7-9700K
   8x 3.6 GHz - 4.9 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-12400F
   6x 2.5 GHz - 4.4 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11400F
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.4 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-10600K
   6x 4.1 GHz - 4.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-8086K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core i7-8700K
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
   8x 3.7 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- Intel Core i5-10400F
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- Intel Core i7-6950X
   10x 3 GHz - 3.5 GHz
- Intel Xeon E-2176G
   6x 3.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
- Intel Core i7-9700
   8x 3 GHz - 4.7 GHz
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Notebook Processors > Intel Core i7-8700K - Benchmarks and Specs
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-10-16)