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AMD FX 8350 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 6700K Cpu
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Intel Core i7 8700 Cpu
Intel Core i7 8700
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AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
Last year, AMD launched its Bulldozer architecture to disappointed enthusiasts who were hoping to see the company rise to its former glory. Today, we get an FX processor based on the Piledriver update. Does it give power users something to celebrate?Read more
HotHardware takes a detailed look at the new AMD FX 8350 octal-core desktop processor, formeraly codenamed Vishera.Read more
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Compared to dog years, a CPU's life span is considerably shorter with the rapid pace of PC component turn over. Not in terms of operational longevity but viabilRead more
The AMD FX-9590 is an eight-core, overclock-ready processor that offers some of the best performance available, provided you have the requisite hardware.Read more
A few weeks ago AMD announced the latest additions to their FX-series processor lineup: the FX-9590 and FX-9370. Clocked at Turbo speeds of 5GHz and 4.7GHz respectively, these new CPUs made some waves in enthusiast circles due to the high frequencies and AMD’s decision to only offer them...Read more
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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit differentRead more
While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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Intel’s hexa-core processor rises above RyzenRead more
With high clocks and hexa-core design, Intel's top eighth-generation/"Coffee Lake" desktop CPU impresses as a mainstream "do-it-all" processor. It's an excellent gamer, too, when paired with a high-end video card.Read more
Intel's Core i7-8700 sports all of the goodness expected from its Coffee Lake architecture. However, the bundled cooler proves insufficient under taxing workloads.Read more
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM3+LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed4.0 GHz4.7 GHz4.0 GHz3.2 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz5.0 GHz4.2 GHz4.6 GHz
Number of cores8846
Number of threads88812
Thermal Design Power (TDP)125.0 W220.0 W91.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus speed
N/A
5200.0 MHz
N/A
N/A
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI2DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternonoyesyes
Type
N/A
N/A
Intel HD Graphics 530Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB12 MB
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz
N/A
  • 1600
  • 2133
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)29.9 GB/s
N/A
34.2 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual
Cache type
N/A
N/A
Smart CacheSmart Cache
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB

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