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Intel logo Core i7-8700
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General information Core i7-8700 Core i7-5930K
Launched Q4 2017 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell-E
Clock 3.2 GHz 8.6 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 19.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-8700 Core i7-5930K
Overall Score 53704 0 % 50826 5.4 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 43 % 30.6 %
Benchmark Score 8318 0 % 6673 19.8 %
Single Thread Score 2652.9 0 % 2035.7 23.3 %
Encrypting Data 4514.4 MB/s 0 % 2938.5 MB/s 34.9 %
Compressing Data 185.8 MB/s 0 % 152.4 MB/s 17.9 %
String objects sorting 24394.4 thousand/s 0 % 21763.5 thousand/s 10.8 %
Prime numbers generation 34.8 millions/s 27.5 % 48 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 44961.7 millions/s 0 % 37502.4 millions/s 16.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28051.6 millions/s 0 % 18840.6 millions/s 32.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700, Core i7-5930K.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700 Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 105.7 FPS
High settings 182.8 FPS 169.1 FPS
Medium settings 228.5 FPS 211.3 FPS
Low settings 285.6 FPS 264.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-8700 Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.3 FPS 140.3 FPS
High settings 232.5 FPS 224.4 FPS
Medium settings 290.6 FPS 280.5 FPS
Low settings 363.3 FPS 350.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %
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