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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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General information Core i7-8700K Core i3-8300
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 62 W 34.7 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i7-8700K Core i3-8300
Overall Score 54504 0 % 44943 17.5 %
Future Proof 62 % 4.6 % 65 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8825 0 % 4080 53.8 %
Single Thread Score 2704.7 0 % 2261 16.4 %
Encrypting Data 4825.6 MB/s 0 % 1864.6 MB/s 61.4 %
Compressing Data 196.9 MB/s 0 % 82.4 MB/s 58.1 %
String objects sorting 25576.6 thousand/s 0 % 10153.8 thousand/s 60.3 %
Prime numbers generation 38.8 millions/s 0 % 36.1 millions/s 7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45888.1 millions/s 0 % 16559.8 millions/s 63.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28793.7 millions/s 0 % 14238.9 millions/s 50.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core i3-8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.6 FPS 88.1 FPS
High settings 186.5 FPS 141.0 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 176.3 FPS
Low settings 291.4 FPS 220.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.4 %

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 i7-8700K Core i3-8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.5 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 234.4 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 293.1 FPS 259.5 FPS
Low settings 366.3 FPS 324.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.4 %
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