CPU Comparison

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INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 235

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.4 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,163

3,440

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

164

485

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,846

14,334

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

684

2,023

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,539

34,129

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,629

4,818

geekbench_multicore

6,535

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,616

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,951

413,865

passmark_data_encryption

4,776

31,148

passmark_extended_instructions

13,514

34,793

passmark_find_prime_numbers

39

396

passmark_floating_point_math

28,538

125,202

passmark_integer_math

45,892

93,621

passmark_multithread

13,576

40,192

passmark_physics

811

2,976

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,270

49,667

passmark_single_thread

2,720

4,542

passmark_singlethread

2,720

4,542

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700K

Ultra 5 235

Core Specs

Cores

6

14 +133.3%

Threads

12

14 +16.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

3.4 -8.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

5 +6.4%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

3.4 -8.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

5 +6.4%

Multiplier

37

34 -8.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

65 -31.6%

PL1

—

65 W

PL2

—

121 W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

14 nm

3 nm

Transistors

—

17,800 million

Die Size

154 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

—

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.9 GHz up to 4.4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 24EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$359

$257

Part Number

SR3QRQNMK

SRQAS

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

—

105°C

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