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Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Processor N97

Last updated: 2026-06-05

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 - 87 %

Intel Processor N97

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8700

Rank 2 - 47 %

Intel Processor N97

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

69 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

63 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

365 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

202 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,146 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

980 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

7,969 pts

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,922 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,459

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,237

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,027

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,051

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

442

Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)

461

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 Processor N97
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Processor N (9)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Alder Lake N
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2	BGA
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-7700
Successor	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x Gracemont
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.30 GHz	3.40 GHz
L2-Cache		4.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	8 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 9
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
TDP	65 W	12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Processor N97
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, AVX, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2023
Release price	340 $
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 (135 ratings), while Intel Processor N97 has received 4.1 stars (227 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Processor N97
4C / 4T · 2.00 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★