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Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

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Intel Core i7-8700

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

Multi-core performance

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Intel Core i7-8700

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

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 Xeon CPU Max 9480
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Xeon CPU Max (5)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Sapphire Rapids
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 4677
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-7700
Successor	Intel Core i7-9700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	56 / 112
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	56x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	1.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.60 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	112.50 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	4096 GB
Memory channels	2	8
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 80
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
TDP	65 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2023
Release price	340 $	12980 $
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 Xeon CPU Max 9480 has received 4.6 stars (8 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
56C / 112T · 1.90 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★