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Intel logo Core i7-8700
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General information Core i7-8700 Core i7-5960X
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 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell-E
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 23.9 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-8700 Core i7-5960X
Overall Score 53842 0 % 53679 0.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 43 % 30.6 %
Benchmark Score 8404 0 % 8302 1.2 %
Single Thread Score 2658.2 0 % 1969.1 25.9 %
Encrypting Data 4554.4 MB/s 0 % 3699.7 MB/s 18.8 %
Compressing Data 183.1 MB/s 5.1 % 193 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 24353.6 thousand/s 12.6 % 27865.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 35 millions/s 43.9 % 62.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45095.4 millions/s 5.3 % 47622.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 27867.2 millions/s 0 % 23525.3 millions/s 15.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700, Core i7-5960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.1 FPS 113.6 FPS
High settings 182.6 FPS 181.8 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 227.3 FPS
Low settings 285.3 FPS 284.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 i7-8700 Core i7-5960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.2 FPS 144.9 FPS
High settings 232.3 FPS 231.8 FPS
Medium settings 290.4 FPS 289.8 FPS
Low settings 363.0 FPS 362.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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