Intel Core i7-8700 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-09-08

The Intel Core i7-8700 was released in Q4/2017 and has 6 cores. The processor can process 12 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 1151-2. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i7-8700 achieved a result of 1,172 points (single-core) or 5,891 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i7-8700 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i7-8700.
Name:	Intel Core i7-8700
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture:	Coffee Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	Intel Core i7-7700
Successor:	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8700 has 6 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8700 is 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	4.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-8700 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i7-8700 has the Intel UHD Graphics 630 installed, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2017

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-8700 supports a maximum of 128 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 42.7 GB/s.

DDR4-2666	42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Core i7-8700 has a TDP of 65 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i7-8700 is made in 14 nm and has 12.00 MB cache.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1151-2
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	12.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q4/2017
Release price:	340 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8700 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-1185G7 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	70
	Intel Core i9-10920X 12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz	70
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	70
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	69
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	69
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	69
	Intel Core i5-8600K 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	69

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	379
	Intel Core i7-5930K 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	378
	Intel Core i7-1370P 14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	370
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	365
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	365
	Intel Core i5-1245U 10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	356
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	355

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	1151
	Intel Core i5-10300H 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1147
	Intel Core i7-10810U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	1147
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1146
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1146
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	1143
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1142

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	8065
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	8044
	AMD Ryzen 5 6600U 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8018
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	7969
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	7969
	Intel Core i5-1235U 10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	7852
	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	7833

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1174
	Intel Core i7-5950HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1174
	Intel Core i5-10505 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1173
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1172
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	1172
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1172
	Intel Core i3-8350K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1172

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-10505 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	5964
	Intel Xeon D-2143IT 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	5964
	Intel Xeon D-2142IT 8C 16T @ 1.90 GHz	5894
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	5891
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	5891
	Intel Core i3-12100E 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	5884
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	5877

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-7700K 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1463
	Intel Core i7-9700T 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1463
	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1463
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1459
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1459
	Intel Core i9-9900X 10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	1459
	Intel Core i9-9920X 12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz	1459

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	6066
	Intel Xeon E-2176M 6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	6036
	Intel Core i7-5930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6032
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	6027
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	6027
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 6C 12T @ 4.15 GHz	6017
	Intel Core i7-9850HE 6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	5990

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E-2274G 4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz	482
	Intel Xeon E-2276G 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	482
	Intel Xeon E-2286G 6C 6T @ 4.90 GHz	482
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	481
	Intel Core i5-9600K 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	481
	Intel Core i7-9700K 8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz	481
	Intel Core i9-10980XE 18C 36T @ 4.80 GHz	480

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3570
	Intel Core i7-10875H 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	3569
	Intel Core i5-10600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	3556
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	3547
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	3544
	Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz	3520
	Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	3503

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	Intel Core i7-8700 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i5-10500E Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i7-10700TE Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i3-10305 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i7-10870H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	123
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	121
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	119
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	118
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	118
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	117
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	117

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	13147
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	13142
	Intel Core i3-12100E 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	13025
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	12958
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	12958
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	12935
	Intel Core i3-12100T 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	12930

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 6C 12T @ 4.15 GHz	230
	Intel Core i7-10870H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	230
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	231
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	231.5
	Intel Core i7-8700K 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	232.4
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	233.9
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	234.1

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-7700K 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	500
	Intel Core i7-10875H 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	496
	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	492
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	488
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	488
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	486
	Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	485

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-10500 6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz	3744
	Intel Core i7-9700 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3725
	Intel Core i7-8700K 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	3709
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	3674
	Intel Core i5-11400H 6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	3669
	Intel Core i3-14100F 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3625
	Intel Core i3-14100 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3625

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	204
	Intel Core i5-9600K 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	204
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	204
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	203
	Intel Core i7-10700T 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	203
	Intel Core i9-10900T 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	201
	Intel Xeon E-2176G 6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	201

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	1445
	Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	1439
	Intel Xeon Silver 4114T 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	1439
	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	1434
	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz	1413
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 12C 24T @ 2.20 GHz	1404
	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 12C 24T @ 2.20 GHz	1404

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
512 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
212 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
231 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Description of the processor

The Intel Core i7-8700 is a processor with 6 physical cores that comes from the eighth generation of Intels Core i7 series. The Intel Core i7-8700 is manufactured using the 14 nanometer process and is based on the Coffee Lake architecture from Intels CPU program. The processor was launched in the fourth quarter of 2017, just in time for the Christmas business.

The 6 processor cores have a standard clock rate of 3.20 gigahertz, but increases in turbo mode up to 4.30 gigahertz with multi-core utilization and up to 4.60 gigahertz with single-core utilization. The processor cannot be overclocked, but the Intel Core i7-8700 supports Intels hyperthreading technology, which turns the 6 physical cores into 12 logical cores if necessary. This allows more arithmetic operations to be carried out at the same time.

The processor has an internal graphics unit. The Intel UHD Graphics 630 has 24 execution units (EUs = Execution Units) with which you support both DirectX in version 12.0 and OpenGL in version 4.5. The standard clock of the graphics unit is 350 megahertz and the dynamic clock frequency is up to 1.20 gigahertz. The image output on up to 3 monitors in parallel operation is also supported. The maximum resolution via the HDMI output is 4096x2304 @ 24Hz and via the DisplayPort 4096x2304 @ 60Hz.

The Intel Core i7-8700 officially supports DDR4 type RAM with a clock frequency of up to 2666 megahertz. A maximum of 128 gigabytes of RAM can be controlled via the 2 available memory channels.

The supported socket LGA 1151-2 shows us that this is a desktop processor. You therefore need a corresponding main board and, if you dont want to use a boxed fan, a corresponding processor fan.

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