Like the other 9th generation chips it is compatible with intel s new z390 chipset as well as last years z370 chipset with an updated bios.
I7 8700k coffee lake benchmark.
Intel core i7 8700k proves team blue is still the top dog in the processor world.
Intel s core i7 8700k and amd s ryzen 7 1800x finish at the top of our chart.
Following amd s modus operandi intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their cpus.
The i7 8700k is intel s latest top of the range 8th generation coffee lake processor.
Like kaby lake and sky lake before that coffee lake is based on intel s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration.
The 9700k features 12 mb of cache a 95w tdp and intel uhd 630 graphics.
And overclocked speeds of ddr4 2800 ddr4 3000 ddr4 3200 ddr4 3600 ddr4 3866 and ddr4 4000.
Coffee lake is a clear improvement over kaby lake with impressively higher single core and multi core numbers and.
Following amd s modus operandi intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their cpus.
By paul alcorn.
The i7 8700k is intel s latest top of the range 8th generation coffee lake processor.
This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the intel uhd graphics 630 desktop coffee lake i5 i7 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.
It is an 8 core 8 thread processor.
The data on this chart is gathered from user submitted geekbench 5 results from the geekbench browser.
Geekbench 5 scores are calibrated against a baseline score of 1000 which is the score of an intel core i3 8100.
Like kaby lake and sky lake before that coffee lake is based on intel s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration.
Ultimately the winner is the cpu with more cores though coffee lake keeps up by virtue of its effective.
Intel s core i7 9700k is an unlocked 9th generation coffee lake cpu.
Coffee lake represented here by the top processor in the intel 8th gen lineup the six core i7 8700k is a necessary reaction by the chip giant to its rivals massively upping the core count of.
We paired our core i7 8700k processor with g skill trident z 3866 mhz memory on the gigabyte aorus z370 ultra gaming and tried out a large number of memory settings including ddr4 2133 jedec failsafe ddr4 2400 kaby lake reference ddr4 2666 coffee lake reference.
Coffee lake brews a great gaming cpu.
Benchmark results for the intel core i7 8700k can be found below.