Intel Core i7-10700 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-10700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 10. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q2/2020. The Intel Core i7-10700 scores 1,267 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 8,945 points.
Intel Core i7-10700

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-10700. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-10700.

Name: Intel Core i7-10700
Family: Intel Core i7 (293)
CPU group: Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture: Comet Lake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 10
Predecessor: Intel Core i7-9700
Successor: Intel Core i7-11700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-10700 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-10700 is 2.90 GHz (4.80 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 4.60 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-10700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-10700 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.20 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

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

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 & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 45.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2933
45.8 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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

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

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-10700 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1200
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 16.00 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: Q2/2020
Release price: 323 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-10700 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 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 PRO 4650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1262
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1262
Intel Core i5-8600K Intel Core i5-8600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
1261
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1255
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1255
Intel Core i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1250

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.
Intel Core i7-11850H Intel Core i7-11850H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
12345
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
12345
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
12264
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
12250
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
12250
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12205
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
12180

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 Xeon Gold 5317 Intel Xeon Gold 5317
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
1268
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1268
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1268
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1267
Google Tensor G3 Google Tensor G3
8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz
1267
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1267
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
64C 128T @ 4.20 GHz
1266

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 i7-6950X Intel Core i7-6950X
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
8993
Intel Core i5-12500 Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
8973
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
8949
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
8945
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
8945
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
8936
Intel Xeon W-10885M Intel Xeon W-10885M
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8927

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.
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.50 GHz
1612
Intel Xeon W-2265 Intel Xeon W-2265
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1606
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1605
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1597
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1597
Intel Xeon Silver 4314 Intel Xeon Silver 4314
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
1596
Intel Xeon W-2275 Intel Xeon W-2275
14C 28T @ 4.80 GHz
1596

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 E5-2690 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz
7954
Intel Core i3-13100 Intel Core i3-13100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
7943
Intel Core i3-13100F Intel Core i3-13100F
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
7943
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
7926
Intel Xeon E-2278G Intel Xeon E-2278G
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
7926
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
7926
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
14C 28T @ 3.10 GHz
7924

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700 AMD Ryzen 7 4700
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-7820X Intel Core i7-7820X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
498

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.
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
4930
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
4905
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
4855
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 7 4700 AMD Ryzen 7 4700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4834
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4834

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 A8-3800 AMD A8-3800
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
480
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.62 GHz
476
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.62 GHz
476
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461
Intel Core i9-10880H Intel Core i9-10880H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461
AMD Ryzen Embedded R2312 AMD Ryzen Embedded R2312
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz
461
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz
461

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
182
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
182
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
181
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
180
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
180
Intel Core i5-12500 Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
178
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
178

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
16962
Intel Core i5-1334U Intel Core i5-1334U
10C 12T @ 1.30 GHz
16944
Intel Core i5-12500TE Intel Core i5-12500TE
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz
16785
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
16780
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
16780
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
16769
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
16692

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 i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
545
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
542
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
539
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
536
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
536
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
536
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
531

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.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
5413
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
5380
Intel Xeon E-2288G Intel Xeon E-2288G
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
5368
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
5353
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
5352
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5156
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
5155

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.
Intel Core i5-11400 Intel Core i5-11400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
216
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
215
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
215
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
214
Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
214
Intel Xeon E-2286G Intel Xeon E-2286G
6C 6T @ 4.90 GHz
214
Intel Xeon E-2274G Intel Xeon E-2274G
4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
214

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 Gold 6130 Intel Xeon Gold 6130
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
2296
Intel Xeon Gold 6130F Intel Xeon Gold 6130F
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
2296
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
2296
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2291
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2291
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
2276
Intel Xeon W-2255 Intel Xeon W-2255
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
2265

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

Intels Core i7-10700 is an 8-core processor that can process 16 threads simultaneously (Hyper-Threading). The desktop processors base clock is 2.9 GHz. In multi-core Turbo, the Intel Core i7-10700 can operate with up to 4.6 GHz. A single core can clock a bit higher with 4.8 GHz.

The 10th generation of Intel Core i processors is based on the Comet Lake architecture, which is still manufactured in a much improved 14 nm process at Intel. The processor has a 16 MB level 3 cache and has a TDP of 65 watts. However, the processors energy consumption is around 150 watts under full load of all cores in practice.

The Intel Core i7-10700 can address up to 128 GB of working memory (DDR4-2933) in two memory channels. The processor requires a motherboard with the LGA 1200 socket, which will be introduced in 2020. This socket has more contacts than the older LGA 1151-2 socket and is supposed to support up to 10 cores. Intel is also said to have paid attention to better stability in the power supply.

The iGPU in the Comet Lake processors is still the somewhat older Intel UHD Graphics 630 with 24 execution units from 2017. The iGPU clocks the Intel Core i7-10700 with up to 1.2 GHz, which is the maximum clock of the iGPU. The computing power (FP32) of the internal graphics card is 461 GFLOPS, which is not really much in 2020. However, the graphics cards performance is sufficient for older games in Full HD resolution. Gaming PCs are equipped with a dedicated graphics card anyway.

The Intel Core i7-10700 was introduced in the 2nd quarter of 2020. The processor is not overclockable, but it is also available with a free multiplier in another variant (Intel Core i7-10700K). Furthermore, the processor is also available without an internal graphics card as Intel Core i7-10700F at a slightly lower price.



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