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.
CPU lineageThe 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. |
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| 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 & PCIeThe 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. |
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| 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 ManagementThe 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. |
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| 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: | -- |
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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.
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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Apple M1
Apple M1 (8 Core) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8305G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.90 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7600
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8500
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-9500T
6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7600
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6700
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7500
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7700T
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4770K
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8305G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8705G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8706G
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics @ 1.01 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7167U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz |
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Benchmarks
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1,422 entries
1,422 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
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Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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