Intel Core i7-2700K Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-16

The Intel Core i7-2700K has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1155 socket and was released in Q4/2011. The Intel Core i7-2700K scores 782 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,894 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i7-2700K
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture:	Sandy Bridge S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-2700K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-2700K is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.90 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 i7-2700K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-2700K uses the Intel HD Graphics 3000, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency:	0.85 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.35 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	10.1
Technology:	32 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 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):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

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

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333	17.1 GB/s 21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 95 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):	95 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-2700K is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 9.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1155
L2-Cache:	1.00 MB
L3-Cache:	8.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q4/2011
Release price:	295 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz)

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Benchmark results

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Geekbench 5.4.4 (16 GB DDR3-1600), Windows 10 Pro

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.


	AMD EPYC 7251 8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz	783
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	783
	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	783
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	782
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	782
	Intel Core i5-3550S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	781
	Samsung Exynos 1380 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	780

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	2897
	Intel Core i5-6440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2897
	Intel Core i5-7440HQ 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2896
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	2894
	Intel Core i7-4722HQ 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2885
	Intel Core i7-8665UE 4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz	2874
	Intel Core i7-2600 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2874

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 i5-3470S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	702
	Intel Core i7-3720QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	702
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	702
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	701
	Intel Core i3-4330TE 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	700
	Intel Core i7-3540M 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	697
	AMD Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	695

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 Core i5-4460T 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	2446
	Intel Core i3-7100 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2436
	Intel Core i5-7267U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2428
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	2418
	Intel Atom C5325 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2418
	Intel Core i7-3770 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	2418
	Intel Core i3-8121U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2414

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.


	Samsung Exynos 880 ARM Mali-G76 MP5 @ 0.72 GHz	260
	Samsung Exynos 980 ARM Mali-G76 MP5 @ 0.72 GHz	260
	Intel Core i7-2600K Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.35 GHz	259
	Intel Core i7-2700K Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.35 GHz	259
	Intel Atom x7213RE Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz	256
	Intel Atom x7211RE Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz	256
	Intel Atom x7213E Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz	256

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 Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	5710
	Intel Core i7-3820QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	5707
	Intel Core i7-3720QM 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	5689
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	5688
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	5684
	Intel Core i5-4690K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	5674
	Intel Core i5-7440EQ 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	5670

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 i7-3770S 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	1730
	Intel Core i7-5700HQ 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1729
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1725
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1723
	Intel Core i5-7600 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1709
	Intel Core i7-6820HQ 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1704
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1700

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,039 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

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