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AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
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Intel Core i7 8700 Cpu
Intel Core i7 8700
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Intel Core i7 8700K Cpu
Intel Core i7 8700K
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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 socketAM4LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit
N/A

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Max turbo speed3.7 GHz4.6 GHz4.7 GHz
Number of cores866
Number of threads161212
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

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

Memory

Cache16 MB12 MB12 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2667.0 MHz2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyesno
Thermal specification
N/A
212.0 °F
N/A

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes161616
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
yesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bit
N/A
yesyes
Scalability
N/A
1S1S

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