CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

Xeon 6521P

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 48 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.6 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 144 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 225W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,163

4,966

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

164

701

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,846

20,695

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

684

2,921

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,539

49,274

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,629

6,956

geekbench_multicore

6,535

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,616

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,951

840,355

passmark_data_encryption

4,776

47,452

passmark_extended_instructions

13,514

57,751

passmark_find_prime_numbers

39

437

passmark_floating_point_math

28,538

155,294

passmark_integer_math

45,892

214,076

passmark_multithread

13,576

57,970

passmark_physics

811

4,105

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,270

98,119

passmark_single_thread

2,720

2,829

passmark_singlethread

2,720

2,829

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700K

6521P

Core Specs

Cores

6

24 +300.0%

Threads

12

48 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

2.6 -29.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.1 -12.8%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

2.6 -29.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.1 -12.8%

Multiplier

37

26 -29.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

144 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

225 +136.8%

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Granite Rapids

Codename

Coffee Lake

Granite Rapids

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids-SP)

Process Size

14 nm

5 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

598 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 4710

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 136 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0, 64 Lanes (Shared with PCI-E)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$359

$1250

Part Number

SR3QRQNMK

SRVNS

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

—

100°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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