Technical Specifications
Performance
| Total Cores | 6 |
|---|---|
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| TGP | 15 W |
Graphics
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 |
|---|---|
| Execution Units | 24 |
Technical
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Released | October 5, 2017 |
Other Specifications
| File compression | 509.8 MB/sec |
|---|---|
| Clang compilation | 52.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 149.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 210.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 165.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 38 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 61.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 45.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 28.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 39M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 25.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 4.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 198.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 811 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 13.5B Matrices/sec |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 5.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 72.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 142.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.34 PPW |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | i7-8700K |
| Rival Equivalent | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
| P-Cores | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz |
| Total Threads | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 95 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 |
| TMUs | 24 |
| ROPs | 3 |
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 8700K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |