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Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Rank 2 - 75 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,146 pts

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

606 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

7,969 pts

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

1,674 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,459

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,286

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,027

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

3,267

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,172

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

909

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

5,891

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

2,806

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

442

Intel UHD Graphics 620

422

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

118

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

231.5 s

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

637.2 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

488

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

390

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,674

4C / 8T · 1.60 GHz

1,737

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

203 cb

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

171 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,434 cb

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

549 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	Intel Core i 8000U (WL) (8)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Whiskey Lake U
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2	BGA 1356
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-7700
Successor	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.60 GHz	3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.30 GHz	2.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i5-8265U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2017	Q3/2018
Release price	340 $	385 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-8700 is 4.1 stars (137 ratings), while Intel Core i5-8265U has received 3.8 stars (86 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-8700
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8265U
4C / 8T · 1.60 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★