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 w3-2525

CORE STATE Sapphire Rapids

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 22.5 MB

MAX TDP 175W

ARCHITECTURE Sapphire Rapids

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,163

2,388

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

164

336

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,846

9,953

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

684

1,404

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,539

23,699

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,629

3,345

geekbench_multicore

6,535

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,616

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,951

337,116

passmark_data_encryption

4,776

16,932

passmark_extended_instructions

13,514

27,881

passmark_find_prime_numbers

39

125

passmark_floating_point_math

28,538

67,764

passmark_integer_math

45,892

86,889

passmark_multithread

13,576

27,882

passmark_physics

811

1,656

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,270

33,850

passmark_single_thread

2,720

3,430

passmark_singlethread

2,720

3,430

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700K

w3-2525

Core Specs

Cores

6

8 +33.3%

Threads

12

16 +33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

3.5 -5.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.5 -4.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

3.5 -5.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

4.5 -4.3%

Multiplier

37

35 -5.4%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

22.5 MB

Power

TDP (W)

95

175 +84.2%

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Sapphire Rapids

Codename

Coffee Lake

Sapphire Rapids

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

140.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 4677

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 64 Lanes(CPU only)

DMI

—

4.0 x8

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

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Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$359

$609

Part Number

SR3QRQNMK

SRN4J

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

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