Intel Core i7-8706G Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-8706G has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 2270 socket and was released in Q1/2018.
Intel Core i7-8706G

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-8706G. 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 i7-8706G.

Name: Intel Core i7-8706G
Family: Intel Core i7
CPU group: Intel Core i 8000G
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 8
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i7-8706G can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.60 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-8706G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).

GPU name: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics
GPU frequency: 0.93 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.01 GHz
Execution units: 20
Shader: 1280
Max. GPU Memory: 4 GB
Max. displays: 6
Generation: 8
Direct X: 12.1
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q1/2018

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 memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second.

Memory type: DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
Max. Memory:
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 8
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU.

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

Technical details

Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i7-8706G as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 2270
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 8.00 MB
Architecture: Kaby Lake G Refresh
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: Q1/2018
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8706G 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.


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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno SD 8 G2 @ 1.00 GHz
3000
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
2840
Apple M1 Apple M1
Apple M1 (8 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
2610
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
2588
Intel Core i5-8305G Intel Core i5-8305G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
2588
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
2588
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.90 GHz
2454
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



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.

Intel Core i7-4870HQ Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
9361
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
9359
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
9343
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9334
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9334
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9334
Intel Core i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
9331
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



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 i3-7320 Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
176
Intel Core i5-7600 Intel Core i5-7600
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
175
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
175
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
174
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
174
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz
174
Intel Core i5-8500 Intel Core i5-8500
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
174
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
811
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
811
Intel Core i5-9500T Intel Core i5-9500T
6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz
811
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
809
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
809
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
809
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
808
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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 E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
4379
Intel Core i5-7600 Intel Core i5-7600
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4371
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
4371
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4360
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4360
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4360
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4360
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
15751
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
15717
Intel Core i7-6700 Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
15655
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
15575
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
15575
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
15575
Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
15538
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1.99
Intel Core i5-7500 Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1.99
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1.99
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1.99
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1.98
Intel Core i7-7700T Intel Core i7-7700T
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1.98
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1.98
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
8.54
AMD FX-9590 AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
8.52
Intel Core i7-4770K Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
8.52
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
8.51
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
8.51
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
8.51
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
8.43
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Core i3-8100 Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i5-8305G Intel Core i5-8305G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz
37.4
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.00 GHz
37.2
Intel Core i3-7100U Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
37.2
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
37
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) results



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