CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

VS

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 255HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,092

4,350

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

154

614

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,553

18,128

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

642

2,559

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

10,841

43,162

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,530

6,093

passmark_data_compression

187,009

548,248

passmark_data_encryption

4,488

41,662

passmark_extended_instructions

12,432

44,240

passmark_find_prime_numbers

35

422

passmark_floating_point_math

27,839

168,930

passmark_integer_math

44,881

132,810

passmark_multithread

12,756

50,739

passmark_physics

732

3,062

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,963

66,420

passmark_single_thread

2,629

4,645

passmark_singlethread

2,629

4,645

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700

Ultra 7 255HX

Core Specs

Cores

6

20 +233.3%

Threads

12

20 +66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

5.2 +13.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

5.2 +13.0%

Multiplier

32

24 -25.0%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

55 -15.4%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

14 nm

3 nm

Transistors

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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 BGA 2114

Chipsets

Intel 300 Series, Intel 100/200 Series*

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 4.5 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$303

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Part Number

SR3QS

SRVFG

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA

Tj Max

—

105°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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